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Action and Consequence: The Psychology of Detective Stories

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Why do people like reading and watching detective stories? This book is a detective story, moving to discover an answer to this question. A murder tears a jagged hole in society. A detective discovers this hole and then repairs it, helping us all to live with each other.

160 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2025

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Keith Oatley

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