This chapter revisits the core areas of literary criticism that have informed the wider discussion. This includes narrative perspectives, characterisation and voice, literary techniques and language use, and the employment of research materials as an essential facet of True Crime narration. An argument is made that, despite there being limited academic criticism to consider the conventions of True Crime writing, this does not equate to those conventions being absent. Ann Rule is underscored here as a landmark author who has contributed to the existing conventions for the genre. This is further supported by evidence that traces Rule’s unique and distinct authorial approaches into the behaviours of contemporary authors, including Katherine Ellison, Shiela Isenberg, Caitlin Rother, and Alia Trabucco Zerán. A final claim is made here that, to better understand not only the history of True Crime, but also its current cultural resonance and interest, a more nuanced criticism is required of the genre’s history. This should include previously overlooked landmark authors who have contributed to such a history, too.