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Dragnet: The Case of the Courteous Killer

by Richard Deming

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Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14)

by Walter Mosley

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The Long Firm (The Long Firm Trilogy #1)

by Jake Arnott

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“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

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“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

tags: reading, words, writing

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“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

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“Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid.”
― Charles Bukowski, Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the Absurd

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