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True Crime Story
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9781728245867
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: Dec 7 2021
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
What if the most gripping true crime story you've ever read... was a complete fabrication?
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox is a masterfully twisted, internationally bestselling thriller that reads like a real cold case--because it's designed to. Told through interviews, emails, and transcripts, this jaw-droppingly authentic narrative blurs the line between fiction and reality so convincingly that readers routinely stop to Google: Did this really happen?
In 2011, university student Zoe Nolan vanished without a trace. No national headlines. No justice. No closure. Years later, struggling writer Evelyn Mitchell begins her own investigation--interviewing Zoe's friends, family, and witnesses, and sending her findings to crime author Joseph Knox. But something in Evelyn's story feels wrong.
As Knox digs deeper, a darker narrative emerges about the stories we shape, the truths we manipulate, and our uneasy obsession with real-world tragedy.
Perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building and true crime documentaries, this genre-bending thriller delivers a hypnotic blend of cold case mystery, unreliable narration, and true crime meta-commentary that will leave you questioning every page.
Praise for True Crime Story:
Knox has created a twisty, turny thriller that cuts through the heart of the modern true crime fascination, all while keeping us enraptured by it. -- BuzzFeed
True Crime Story, by turns horrific and hilarious, is scandalously entertaining. -- The Times (UK)
This is one of the most engaging cold-case novels I have read. -- Literary Review (UK)
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