Today I posted a brief ditty at In Cold Blog on the Curious Convergence of Romance & True Crime.
Two wildly popular literary giants are coming together these days in curious ways.
No, I'm not talking of steamy stories a la True Crime Writer On Book Tour meets Starry-Eyed Fan. That's so seventies.
I'm talking about the genres of True Crime and Romance - which many may well think ought to remain two ships that pass in the night....
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This convergence is not so surprising, given that both t-c and romance are formula genres that deal with the strongest of emotions. Many true-crime texts are themselves perverse love stories, as you've noted, or "dystopian romance" in the words of critic Laura Browder. I call them the "romance-gone-wrong" narratives, for they always end with somebody's death instead of marriage.
Posted by: Jean Murley | April 29, 2008 at 10:31 AM