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Massive Crime Books, True and Fictional
The Talented Mr. RipleyThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
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Introduces Tom Ripley the gay murderer. Good lad.
Ripley Under GroundRipley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith
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Ripley gets buried alive. Digs himself out and kills someone.
Ripley's GameRipley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
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Ripley takes umbrage at some fella's innocuous comment. Decides to ruin his life. Champion.
The Boy Who Followed RipleyThe Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
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Kid follows Ripley. Big gay subtext as usual. Ripley roughs up some kidnappers. Kid kills self.
Ripley Under WaterRipley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
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Can't get hold of it because it's out of print. Bound to be good though.
Hide And Seek (Inspector Rebus)Hide And Seek (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
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Rebus smokes. And drinks. A lot. Then he solves a crime.
Knots And Crosses (Inspector Rebus)Knots And Crosses (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
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Chap gets a bit miffed with Rebus for deserting him in the SAS. Decides to kill Rebus's daughter. Rebus smokes and drinks for a bit. Then catches him.
Fred and RoseFred and Rose by Howard Sounes
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These are bad people.
The Stranger Beside Me (Thorndike Mystery)The Stranger Beside Me (Thorndike Mystery) by Ann Rule
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Ann Rule knew Ted Bundy, who by all accounts was a bit mad. He killed some women. She wrote about it.
Prescription for Murder : The True Story of Harold ShipmanPrescription for Murder : The True Story of Harold Shipman by Brian Whittle
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Shipman: quantity not quality. Tally over 200, but let himself down with an amateurish MO.
Red DragonRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
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Best of the Lecter books.
The Silence of the LambsThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
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Second best of the Lecter books. PS Don't read 'Hannibal'. Ever. It's appalling.
A Good HangingA Good Hanging by Ian Rankin
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Loving this. Rebus does a whole world of smoking and drinking. Then he solves crimes. Twelve of the suckers!
Tooth And Nail (Inspector Rebus)Tooth And Nail (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
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Great days. Some dude reckons it's good form to go around biting chunks out of folk and offing them. 'Not on my watch,' says Rebus. So he stops him.
The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and its Analysis, by the "Moors Murderer"The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and its Analysis, by the "Moors Murderer" by Ian Brady
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Ian Brady's a bit odd. Seems to think that Dostoevsky's notion of atheism justifying anything makes it all right to murder children. Bit of a controversial viewpoint.
The Shrine of Jeffrey DahmerThe Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters
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Dahmer: gay - ate people - regretted it - stopped - got peckish again - carried on - got caught. Made a shrine out of skeletons. Misunderstood, apparently.