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Trauma Talk: 4 Mystery Novels and Series Where the Protagonist Gets Therapy

These poor folks are slammed on the regular by the most awful human behavior imaginable, all for our entertainment. Long gone are the days of Marlowe and Chandler, when private eyes medicated their wounded psyches with a quart of middling whiskey […]

Trauma Talk: 4 Mystery Novels and Series Where the Protagonist Gets Therapy

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These poor folks are slammed on the regular by the most awful human behavior imaginable, all for our entertainment.

Long gone are the days of Marlowe and Chandler, when private eyes medicated their wounded psyches with a quart of middling whiskey […]

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These poor folks are slammed on the regular by the most awful human behavior imaginable, all for our entertainment. Long gone are the days of Marlowe and Chandler, when private eyes medicated their wounded psyches with a quart of middling whiskey […] The protagonists of crime novels witness a lot.

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