True crime is the focus of this podcast, and what better guest to guide us through than author Sebastian Rotella. Sebastian is a successful journalist with more than twenty years of experience, writing for newspapers like the LA Times where he reports on true crime stories here and around the globe. His latest thriller is RIP CREW, and we’ll delve into the book’s intriguing plotline in our first byte. In our second byte, Sebastian offers a career sketch, explaining why his experience as a reporter makes him an even more effective novelist. Lastly, we ask Sebastian just how much real world crime affects the novels he writes. Today on Books in Three Bytes, real crime and how it reflects on masterful fiction.