Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.Martin King is an independent scholar and author.Louise Wattis is Assistant Professor at Northumbria University.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Exploring True Crime2. A Short History of True Crime 3. Ethics and True Crime4. True Crime and Punishment Part 2: Case Studies 5. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song 6. British Serial Killers on Screen 7. Darkness Doubled: The Bundy Myth 8. Fear of Masks: The Crimes of Peter Sutcliffe 9. True Crime/True Detective 10. True Crime and News Representations of a Femicide in Bulgaria: Narratives of Conspiracy and State Corruption - Katerina Gachevska11. Lucy Letby: The Vanilla Killer12. Conclusion

'True crime has been largely ignored by criminologists to date but this concise but comprehensive study will change all of that. It examines every aspect of the genre relevant to the social sciences, including vicarious thrills, digital culture and femicide. A key text for everyone researching or studying critical, cultural or narrative criminology.' Rafe McGregor, Edge Hill University

Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.Martin King is an independent scholar and author.Louise Wattis is Assistant Professor at Northumbria University.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Exploring True Crime2. A Short History of True Crime 3. Ethics and True Crime4. True Crime and Punishment Part 2: Case Studies 5. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song 6. British Serial Killers on Screen 7. Darkness Doubled: The Bundy Myth 8. Fear of Masks: The Crimes of Peter Sutcliffe 9. True Crime/True Detective 10. True Crime and News Representations of a Femicide in Bulgaria: Narratives of Conspiracy and State Corruption - Katerina Gachevska11. Lucy Letby: The Vanilla Killer12. Conclusion

'True crime has been largely ignored by criminologists to date but this concise but comprehensive study will change all of that. It examines every aspect of the genre relevant to the social sciences, including vicarious thrills, digital culture and femicide. A key text for everyone researching or studying critical, cultural or narrative criminology.' Rafe McGregor, Edge Hill University

Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.Martin King is an independent scholar and author.Louise Wattis is Assistant Professor at Northumbria University.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Exploring True Crime2. A Short History of True Crime 3. Ethics and True Crime4. True Crime and Punishment Part 2: Case Studies 5. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song 6. British Serial Killers on Screen 7. Darkness Doubled: The Bundy Myth 8. Fear of Masks: The Crimes of Peter Sutcliffe 9. True Crime/True Detective 10. True Crime and News Representations of a Femicide in Bulgaria: Narratives of Conspiracy and State Corruption - Katerina Gachevska11. Lucy Letby: The Vanilla Killer12. Conclusion

'True crime has been largely ignored by criminologists to date but this concise but comprehensive study will change all of that. It examines every aspect of the genre relevant to the social sciences, including vicarious thrills, digital culture and femicide. A key text for everyone researching or studying critical, cultural or narrative criminology.' Rafe McGregor, Edge Hill University