One of my favorite genres to read is true crime--where authors examine a real crime and the actions of real people.
I love true crime stories!  The mystery in them are great!
cause harm and mental trauma to the real people involved. True crime media can be produced without the consent of the victim's family, which can lead to their being re-traumatized.
Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to well-established facts in journalistic fashion or can be highly speculative. Writers can selectively choose which information to present and which to leave out in order to support their narrative. Author Christiana Gregoriou analyzed several books of the genre and concluded that tabloidization and fictionalization are pervasive in the
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The two authors reunited that same year to write "Betrayal in Blue" based on the memoir of former corrupt NYPD officer Ken Eurell.
Barer is listed by the Williamsburg Regional Library in its list of 100 plus narrative non-fiction authors to read.
Barer is known for using real people in his novels and using the names of fictional characters from his novels as "replacement names" in his true crime books, for people who don't want their real names used. Barer, who was