Thomas Harris 1988
- What it is
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Hunting a serial killer · it messes with your head
- Genre
- Thriller Horror Crime Mystery
- Feels
- Chilling Cerebral Unsettling Dark Tense
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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It gets under your skin · it's hiding a secret
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It'll scare you · it won't tell you everything at once
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It'll scare you · a cozy mystery, no gore
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Properly scary · it's hiding a secret
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You read it holding your breath · the truth comes out bit by bit
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It ties your stomach in a knot · the truth comes out bit by bit
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Serial killer and cerebral
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In common with yours: serial killer · odd and endearing
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Only a threat that keeps growing
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It gets under your skin · nobody is entirely good
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Properly scary · horror in the countryside, with old rites
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Properly scary · it tells it with no filter
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It tells it straight · the truth comes out bit by bit
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Fierce and defiant · it tells it with no filter
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It'll scare you · it tells it straight
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It's hiding a secret · it grabs you with a mystery
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You'll keep turning it over for days · you end up rooting for the wrong people
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