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J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

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Therapists, like detectives, piece together clues and information in order to solve the mystery: that of a client's own dilemmas.

Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

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90 years later, few know the story of Hammett's friend-turned-victim, who won a substantial settlement against the author after a violent sexual assault.

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Aside from having one of the most high-stakes plots in crime film history, the film is an aesthetic masterpiece and an innovative development in the history of animation.

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On the intense excitement of translating a mystery, line by line.

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