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    Time To Curl Up with a

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    The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window is funny, but it relies on tired tropes for its humor.

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    On the ancient legend of the Barghest, a monstrous dog and an omen of disaster.

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    Olivia Rutigliano rounds up thirty-five crime movies whose leading actors keep the sparks flying.

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    <em>Death on the Nile</em> is one of Agatha Christie's Most Insightful Mysteries

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    Rachel Rear on Trying To Make Sense of Her Stepsister's Death

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