TY  - JOUR
AB  - This essay examines the role of the narrator as detective in the construction of a non-fiction narrative based on an unsolved murder. The majority of so called ?true-crime? books are written as long pieces of journalism with little investigation of character and a tendency to summarize and sensationalize events. However, there is scope for a different kind of narrative where the narrator, working alongside the reader, functions as a ?real? detective to reconstruct from the words and documents of others a ?true account? of the crime and to reveal its deeper implications. Drawing on the writer?s own experience in investigating the murder of a prominent police whistleblower in Sydney, Australia, this essay examines the technical and practical difficulties facing a writer when investigating an unsolved murder. Keywords: narrative non-fiction, true crime, narrator as detective, unsolved murders, police corruption, noir, practice-based research
AU  - Dale, AJ
DA  - 2015/03/19
EP  - 5
JO  - Writing in Practice - The Journal of Creative Writing Research
PB  - National association of Writers in education
PY  - 2015/03/19
SP  - 1
TI  - The Narrator as Detective
VL  - 1
Y1  - 2015/03/19
Y2  - 2026/08/14
ER  -