Crime & Justice · inspired by real events
The Name Behind the Files
An invented reader follows the public record of the Golden State Killer case, keeping the lives behind the documents in view.
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- Genre
- Crime & Justice
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 15
- Fiction status
- inspired by real events
- Editorial responsibility
- My Life Story Editorial
Explore the themes
Secrets, Searches and DiscoveriesChapters
- 01The Name Beside the Number
- 02One File Is Not the Whole Case
- 03The Cases Begin to Join
- 04The Work Between Headlines
- 05The Possibility Kept in a File
- 06A Search Without a Name
- 07The Name Enters the Record
- 08The Years After the Uniform
- 09The Comparison
- 10One Number for Six Counties
- 11The Cost of More Years
- 12Beyond the Murder Count
- 13What They Chose to Remember
- 14The Sentence at the End of the Line
- 15The Names That Remain
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