“It's strange when you think about it. There are hundreds and hundreds of murders in books and television. It would be hard for narrative fiction to survive without them. And yet there are almost none in real life, unless you happen to live in the wrong area. Why is it that we have such a need for murder mystery? And what is it that attracts us? The crime, or the solution? Do we have some primal need of bloodshed because our own lives are so safe, so comfortable?”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“However hard I try to be nice I always end up with my nose in the dirt and my thumb feeling for somebody’s eye.”
― The Lady in the Lake
― The Lady in the Lake
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