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The Psychology of Murder, 1962 ed., Stuart Palmer
Did you know that people who commit murder are often aggressive and have poor impulse control? Truly startling, I know.
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The modern equivalent of this would, of course, be “I’m going to write a scathing post about this on my blog!”
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The Dirty Duck, 1985, Martha Grimes
Pub name or unspeakable sex act?
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from The Picture Book of Symbols, 1956
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Blood and Judgment, 1959, Michael Gilbert
On the flip side, as lurid as photo covers were, too much abstraction doesn’t help matters much either. Yes, it’s a nice, clean, minimalist design, but why is that gun shooting a house?
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