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Fiction that takes the murderer's interiority seriously, and the cat-and-mouse that follows from understanding him.

How the idea moved: 6 landmark works

  1. 1950Strangers on a TrainPatricia HighsmithOriginNovel
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  2. 1959PsychoRobert BlochOriginNovel
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  3. 1966In Cold BloodTruman CapoteOriginNovel
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  4. 1988The Silence of the LambsThomas HarrisEvolutionNovel
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  5. 2005The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg LarssonEvolutionNovel
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  6. 2012Gone GirlGillian FlynnEvolutionNovel
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