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> [I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesbo/i-wasn-t-that-into-crime-novels-at-all-but-a-friend-introduced-me-to/)

[Jo Nesbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesbo/)

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> [Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-kilmer/jim-thompson-understood-something-about-the-serial-killer-before-the/)

[Val Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-kilmer/)

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