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Back in 1993, well before The Wired aired on HBO, the first great Baltimore crime show premiered on network television. It was Homicide: Life on the Street, and it would run for seven seasons. But were the indications of the show's greatness apparent from the very first episode? I took a look back at the Homicide pilot for Criminal Element. You can read the piece here.

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	Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 by Andrew Nette (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Iain McIntyre (Editor/Contributor), Rjurik Davidson (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graveyard Love 4.10 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THUGLIT Issue 6 by Todd Robinson (Editor), Kieran Shea, B.H. Shepherd (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic by Nick Kolakowski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Weddle (Editor), Hector Acosta (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jungle Horses 3.98 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Screaming Child 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Waters 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spiders and Flies 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summerfield's Film 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunting Heart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Don't come, I was thinking now. Wherever you are, stay there. Because with her reduced to a fantasy, I could imagine a wonderful meeting. I could see her smiling, tossing her red-haired head, staring at me with inquisitive eyes. I'd say something meaningful to her, and she'd melt for me. Reality could not live up to that.”
― Scott Adlerberg, Graveyard Love

tags: distance, fantasy, meaningful, meeting, obsession, obsessive-love, reality, smiling, stare

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“What’s the matter with men?” Catherine said. “You can’t leave a woman a space to be private. You have to piss on everything?”
― Scott Adlerberg, Graveyard Love

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“Take your hands off my sentences, asshole. I sweat blood for that shit.”
― Scott Adlerberg, Graveyard Love

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March 2024 Group Reads Poll

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

53 votes 16.8%

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

47 votes 14.9%

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

41 votes 13.0%

Do You Remember? by Freida McFadden

39 votes 12.4%

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

35 votes 11.1%

The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding

35 votes 11.1%

Killing Floor by Lee Child

27 votes 8.6%

No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor

12 votes 3.8%

Northwoods by Amy Pease

11 votes 3.5%

4th of July by James Patterson

8 votes 2.5%

Spiders and Flies by Scott Adlerberg

7 votes 2.2%

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