Why am I passionate about this?
Iāve been hooked on true crime podcasts ever since Serial burst onto the scene in 2014. My favourites are set in remote locations and breathe life into long-forgotten cases, giving victimsā families hopes of resolution and delivering justice. Initially dispassionate podcasters often find themselves sucked into the stories they cover, continuing for years in a bid to discover the truth. Iām fascinated by what motivates the men and women behind the microphones, which inspired me to write my own podcast novel. Now Unsolved is out there, I love reading other authorsā takes on true crime podcasters and these are five of my favourites ā dark and sinister with buckets of atmosphere!
Heather's book list on true crime podcasters
Why did Heather love this book?
When I had the idea for my book, I had originally wondered about writing full podcast episodes but abandoned that idea as it was so tricky. In Six Stories Matt Wesolowski does exactly that and very successfully.
In the book, elusive podcaster Scott King investigates the murder of a teenager at a deserted outward-bound centre on Scarclaw Fell. As the reader youāre put in the shoes of listeners as King digs deeper into the horrifying setting and the group of people who were staying at the centre and live nearby.
This is the first in the series of six atmospheric novels. Theyāre chilling, unpredictable, and will keep you up at night. Mattās writing skills blow me away.
2 authors picked Six Stories as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Elusive online journalist Scott King investigates the murder of a teenager at an outward bound centre, in the first episode of the critically acclaimed, international bestselling Six Stories series...
For fans of Serial
'Bold, clever and genuinely chilling' Sunday Mirror
'Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen, whose unsettling tale The White People provides an epigraph, will want to check this one out' Publishers Weekly
'Wonderfully horrifying ... the suspense crackles' James Oswald
'A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like dark origami to reveal the black heart inside' Michael Marshall Smith
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One body
Six stories
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