Massive Crime Books, True and Fictional

A Listmania! list by "harryedwards1"
 
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1.  The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The list author says:
  "Introduces Tom Ripley the gay murderer. Good lad."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

Ripley Under Ground
2.  Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith
The list author says:
  "Ripley gets buried alive. Digs himself out and kills someone."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Ripley's Game
3.  Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
The list author says:
  "Ripley takes umbrage at some fella's innocuous comment. Decides to ruin his life. Champion."
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

The Boy Who Followed Ripley
4.  The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The list author says:
  "Kid follows Ripley. Big gay subtext as usual. Ripley roughs up some kidnappers. Kid kills self."
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3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Ripley Under Water
5.  Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
The list author says:
  "Can't get hold of it because it's out of print. Bound to be good though."
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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Hide And Seek (Inspector Rebus)
6.  Hide And Seek (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
The list author says:
  "Rebus smokes. And drinks. A lot. Then he solves a crime."
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3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Knots And Crosses (Inspector Rebus)
7.  Knots And Crosses (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
The list author says:
  "Chap gets a bit miffed with Rebus for deserting him in the SAS. Decides to kill Rebus's daughter. Rebus smokes and drinks for a bit. Then catches him."
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

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Fred and Rose
8.  Fred and Rose by Howard Sounes
The list author says:
  "These are bad people."
£4.55   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

The Stranger Beside Me (Thorndike Mystery)
9.  The Stranger Beside Me (Thorndike Mystery) by Ann Rule
The list author says:
  "Ann Rule knew Ted Bundy, who by all accounts was a bit mad. He killed some women. She wrote about it."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

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Prescription for Murder : The True Story of Harold Shipman
10.  Prescription for Murder : The True Story of Harold Shipman by Brian Whittle
The list author says:
  "Shipman: quantity not quality. Tally over 200, but let himself down with an amateurish MO."
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Red Dragon
11.  Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
The list author says:
  "Best of the Lecter books."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)

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The Silence of the Lambs
12.  The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The list author says:
  "Second best of the Lecter books. PS Don't read 'Hannibal'. Ever. It's appalling."
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4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)

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A Good Hanging
13.  A Good Hanging by Ian Rankin
The list author says:
  "Loving this. Rebus does a whole world of smoking and drinking. Then he solves crimes. Twelve of the suckers!"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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Tooth And Nail (Inspector Rebus)
14.  Tooth And Nail (Inspector Rebus) by Ian Rankin
The list author says:
  "Great days. Some dude reckons it's good form to go around biting chunks out of folk and offing them. 'Not on my watch,' says Rebus. So he stops him."
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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and its Analysis, by the "Moors Murderer"
15.  The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and its Analysis, by the "Moors Murderer" by Ian Brady
The list author says:
  "Ian Brady's a bit odd. Seems to think that Dostoevsky's notion of atheism justifying anything makes it all right to murder children. Bit of a controversial viewpoint."
£11.69   Used & New from: £8.43
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer
16.  The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters
The list author says:
  "Dahmer: gay - ate people - regretted it - stopped - got peckish again - carried on - got caught. Made a shrine out of skeletons. Misunderstood, apparently."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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