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    Why Our Most Engrossing Mysteries Are Underwater

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    "While we were growing up, a faceless phantom snatched multiple women and no one did anything about it at all."

    By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 7, 2023

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    "How do we ensure we do not become titillating in our re-telling?...And how do we give killers a human face without glorifying them?"

    By Victoria Selman | August 4, 2023

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    Peter Heller: My Mother the Gumshoe

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    How Megan Davis Went From Whistleblower to Crime Novelist

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    Killer Chemistry: When Lovers Turn into Murderers

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    Amy Engel On Eschewing Judgement for Moral Complexity and Context

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