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Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham
1946
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson · 1952
244 pages
Deputy sheriff Lou Ford seems like an ordinary small-town man, but his mild manner hides a violence he has carried since childhood. When old secrets and a woman from his past resurface, his two selves begin to pull him toward more killing.
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Unreliable Narrator, Villain Protagonist, Noir, Small Town Secrets, Psychological Thriller, Dual Identity
Content warnings: sexual violence
