Murder in the Library: Writing & The Writing Life

What? You thought I made this all up, or downloaded it all from Wikipedia? Nope. Here are the books that inspired me to create this site, and the books I’ve used to cobble it together over the years, as well as the ones I’ve discovered along the way, broken down into various categories. If you like this site, you may find some of these as fascinating as I do. 

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Murder in the Library: Writing & The Writing Life

“The reason I switched from writing romance novels to mysteries is because I ran out of sexual positions.”
— Janet Evanovich, from How I Write

Writing books. Every writer I know has a shelf of them, probably gathering dust. I have a shelf. The Girl Detective has one. We live in a house of books. Including hundreds on how to write other books.

Anyone who ever seriously dreamed of writing slowly accumulates them without even trying, and we read ’em cover to cover when we start out. And then, as our careers start to chug along, we tend to forget ’em. But don’t despair. Even the most outdated tome (and the following list is full of them) may offer a thought, a hint, a unique piece of advice –it may be just the spark to keep the crazy train rolling. Or give it a push if it seems to have stalled.

• Block, Lawrence,
  Afterthoughts | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Open Road, 2011.
  Anyone interested in writing, crime fiction or Lawrence Block would do well to check out this jigsaw puzzle memoir, consisting of assorted introductions and afterwords from the countless re-issues and collections over a long, distinguished and still thriving and throbbing career. Not a formal memoir, perhaps, but a cheeky, spunky and fascinating look at the works.
• Block, Lawrence,
  The Liar’s Bible: A Handbook for Fiction Writers | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Open Road Media, 2011
  Collection of essays on writing, gleaned from the author’s fourteen-year run as fiction writing columnist at Writer’s Digest.
• Block, Lawrence
  The Liar’s Companion: A Field Guide for Fiction Writers | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  More columns from Block’s run as a columnist for Writer’s Digest, plus an illustrated biography of the author, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authorís personal collection.
• Block, Lawrence,
  Write for Your Life: The Home Seminar for Writers | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Lawrence Block Productions, 2014.
  An updated and revised version of the original, still packing oner helluva punch. Gee whiz.
• Block, Lawrence,
  Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  LB Productiions, 2015.
  Long awaited update of 1978 classic, one of the best writing books ever, dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age. But Block, still one of publishing’s shrewdest tacticians for decades, holds true to his original thesis, that every novel is different, and so is every novelist; his aim is to give you the tools to enable you to find your own way. Absolutely essential.
• Blythe, Hal, Charlie Sweet and John Landreth
  Private Eyes: A Writer’s Guide to Private Investigators | Buy this book
  Cincinnatti, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1993.
  Just what it says. It’s an indispensible guide to for writers on all the behind-the-scenes stuff they need to know. Part of the excellent Howdunit series, which also includes such tomes as Armed and Dangerous: A Writer’s Guide to Weapons and Deadly Doses: A Writer’s Guide to Poisons.
• Borcherding, David H., editor
  Mystery Writer’s Source Book: Where To Sell Your Manuscripts | Buy this book
  Cincinnatti, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1995 (2nd edition)
  Handy reference book, listing potential markets for both novels and short fiction. It would be totally useless by now, except for a handful of still relevant essays by folks like Michael Seidman, Jan Grape, Don Maass and Robert Randisi, among others, that still packs a wallop, full of timeless advice.
• Brean, Herbert,
  The Mystery Writer’s Handbook by The Mystery Writers of America | Buy this book
  New York, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956.
  The star-studded predecessor to Sue Grafton’s Writing Mysteries, featuring contributions from such luminaries as Rex Stout, Harry Whittington, Bruno Fischer, John D. MacDonaldm Stanley Ellin, Frederick C. Davis, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Stuart Palmer, Harold Q. Masur, Lester Dent, Frederic Brown, and Anthony Boucher, among others. Worth seeking out just for Dent’s “The Master Fiction Plot.”
• Bruccoli, Matthew, and Richard Layman, editors,
  Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, Ross Macdonald: A Literary Reference | Buy this book
  Carroll & Graf, 2002.
  One of the better books on hard-boiled writers and their work that I’ve read in a long time. Like the Amazon blurb says, “Amply illustrated with personal photographs and with reproductions of manuscript pages, letters, print ads, movie promotions, dust jackets, and paperback covers, this volume provides a documentary chronicle of the life beyond and the work behind the creation of some of the most masterly detective novels in popular American literature.”
• Burack, A.S.,
  Writing Detective and Mystery Fiction
  Boston, MA: The Writer, Inc., 1945; revised 1967.
  The be-all and end-all of how-to-write-amystery, this seminal work features contributions from Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Frances Crane, John Creasey A.A. Fair, Ed Lacy, Robert Martin, Harold Q. Masur, S.S. Van Dine, Mary Stewart and Robert Martin.
• Burack, A.S.,
  Writing Suspense and Mystery Fiction
  Boston, MA: The Writer, Inc., 1977.
  Revised and updated sequel, of sorts, to Burack’s own Writing Detective and Mystery Fiction, reprising choice chapters from the likes of Chandler, Fair, Van Dine, and Masur, and adding all new contributions from Rex Burns, Joe Gores, Ed Hoch, Bill Pronzini, Collin Wilcox and Albert Nussbaum, among others.
• Child, Lee, & Laurie King, editors,
  How to Write a Mystery | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
  Simon & Schuster, 2021.
  A handbook from the Mystery Writers of America, collecting helpful essays on everything from before, during and after the writing process, from the likes of Max Allan Collins, Jeffery Deaver, Naomi Hirahara, Greg Herren, T. Jefferson Parker, Art Taylor, Tess Gerritsen, Alex Segura, Charlaine Harris and a whole bunch of the other usual suspects. And just in time, too–the last time the MWA cranked out one of these was 1992, and Sue Grafton was the editor. Publishing has, er, changed a little since then.
• Corvasce, Mauro V., and Joseph R. Paglino,
  Modus Operandi: A Writer’s Guide To How Criminals Work | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1995.
  Another great book in the Writer’s Digest “Howdunit Series.” The authors are both cops in New Jersey, and they cover all sorts of fun stuff: forgery, smuggling, arson, scams, prostitution and that old favourite, murder.
• Edwards, Martin, editor,
  Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
  Collins, 2020.
  Ninety crime writers from the world’’s oldest and most famous crime, living and (GULP!) dead, writing network give tips and insights into successful crime and thriller fiction. Suspects include Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Peter James, Peter Robinson, Ann Cleeves, Andrew Taylor, Elly Griffiths, Sophie Hannah, Stella Duffy, Alexander McCall Smith, John Le Carré, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr  and H.R.F. Keating.
• Ephron, Halle,
  Writing and Selling your Mystery Novel: How to Knock ’em Dead With Style | Buy this book
  Cincinatti, Ohio: Writier’s digest Books, 2005.
  Filled with charts and interactive exercises that force you to really think about what you’re doingh, this grade-school approach to writing is actually far from simplistic, and may be just what you need to get going. With a foreword by S.J.Rozan, it’s one of the best writing books I’ve seen in a while for practical advice on getting off your duff and actually doing it, followed by some savvy tips on selling your masterpiece.
• Evanovich, Janet, and Ina Yalof,
  How I Write: Secrets of a Best Selling Author | Buy this book
  St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.
  Evanovich doesn’t really break any new ground here, but damn it, she can write. Which, really, is the point. Packed with examples and behind-the-scene tales from her own works, it’s one of the most entertaining and downright readable books on writing since Stephen King’s On Writing. You may not end up being able to write like Evanovich, but you’re definitely going to want to try.
• Fallis, Greg, and Ruth Greenberg, ed.
  Be Your Own Detective | Buy this book
  New York: M. Evans and Company, 1989.
  Interesting, practical, enlightening (but outdated) guidebook on private investigation techniques.
• Fallis, Greg,
  Just the Facts, Ma’Am: A Writer’s Guide to Investigators and Investigation Techniques | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1998.
  Yet another of Writer’s Digest great “Howdunit” books, and simply one of the very best. Indispensable for those of you who want to get your facts straight. A great follow-up to his previous book, Be Your Own Detective, and although much of it may be outdated there’s still plenty to chew on here.
• Faron, Fay,
  Rip-Off: A Writer’s Guide to Crimes of Deception | Buy this book.
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1998.
  Detective and syndicated newspaper columnist Faron (“Ask Rat Dog”) rips the lid off every con in the book, including the pigeon drop, Latin lotto, Gypsy-sweetheart scams, guaranteed-prize mailers, charity scams, buisiness frauds, carney cons, bait-and-switches, biz-op scams, the Texas twist, identity theft, carny cons, chain letters, psychic hotlines, three-card monte, Ponzi schemes, 809 phone numbers, and gambling stings. She also tells how to spot a mark and explains the lingo.
• Frey, James N.,
  How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling | Buy this book
  New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1987.
  P.I. novelist Fry (the creator of gumshoe Joe Zanca and NOT the A Million Little Pieces guy) is a well-respected and internationally acclaimed creative writing teacher and workshop leader, who’s had many of his workshop participants go on to publish with major houses. In this writing guide, he shares his tactics on writing. He’s big on planning ahead — plot outlines, character bios, charting out scenes,etc., and he takes you step-by-step through the process. No writing down the bones type touchy-feely stuff here — he favours a no-nonsense approach, clear-headed and to the point. But he keeps it light and enjoyable throughout, making it not just a handy reference work but a damn good read. A sequel followed in 1994.
• Frey, James N.,
  How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling  | Buy this book
  New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994.
  Sequel to Frey’s first writing guide, this one revisits and expands on the themes he first explored. Once again, he cuts through the crap, offering practical advice and tales out of school.
• Frey, James N.,
  How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript | Buy this book.
  New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004.
  The inevitable follow-up, this time geared to the wannabe mystery writer.
• Fugate, Francis L. and Roberta B.,
  Secrets of the World’s Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner | Buy this book
  New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1980.
  Using the mountain of personal papers, journals, notebooks and scraps of paper, coctail napkins, matchbook covers and Lord knows what else that Erle Stanley Gardner left behind, the authors try to explain his phenomenal success. A fascinating insight to the man, but I’m not sure how practical the advice is for writers. Still, it’s well worth reading.
• Gorman, Ed and Martin H. Greenberg, editors
  Speaking of Murder
  Berkley Prime Crime, 1998.
  Interviews with Stephen King, Mickey Spillane, Sue Grafton and others.
• Gorman, Ed and Martin H. Greenberg, editors
  Speaking of Murder, Volume II: Interviews with Masters of Mystery & Suspense | Buy this book
  Berkley Prime Crime, 1999.
  Interviews with Dean Koontz, Evanovich, J.A. Jance, Robert B. Parker, and others.
• Grafton, Sue, ed.
  Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by The Mystery Writers of America | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992.
  Indispensible, comprehensive guide to writing mysteries, edited by Kinsey Millhone’s creator, Sue Grafton. Includes pieces by Sara Paretsky, Lawrence Block, John Lutz, Jeremiah Healy, Ed Hoch, etc.
• Grafton, Sue, ed., with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman
  Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by The Mystery Writers of America | Buy this book
  (2nd edition)
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 2002.
  Revised and expanded version of Grafton’s classic mystery writing guide, reprising chapters from Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, Jeremiah Healy, etc., while adding new ones by Michael Connelly, Stuart Kaminsky and George C. Chesbro, among others. Ten years on, and still one of the very best out there.
• Grant-Adamson, Lesley,
  Crime & Suspense Fiction: And Getting Published | Buy this book
  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
  The author of several crime novels (and the creator of Brit P.I. Laura Flynn) takes a shot at writing a how-to book. She’s also taught creative writing in university, writer’s groups and even prisons.
• Hager, Jean, Genell Dellin (Editors)
  How To Write & Market Your Mystery Novel: A Step-By-Step Guide from Idea to Final Rewrite and Marketing | Buy this book
  Tulsa, OK: Soutmont, 1998.
• Hayden, G. Miki,
  Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice & Professional | Buy this book
  Intrigue Press; 2001.
  A breezy but practical guide that takes a varied approach, offering writing exercises, classic wisdom (okay, the author’s personal opinions), marketing tips, submission dos and don’ts, and interviews with mystery authors such as Elmore Leonard, Sujata Massey and Laura Lippman.
• Highsmith, Patricia,
  Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction | Buy this book
  New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983.
  Be afraid, be very afraid. Tips on the trade, by one of the more delightfully nasty writers around. It was Highsmith who gave us such wicked delights as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
• James, P.D.,
  Talking About Detective Fiction | Buy this book
  New York, New York: Knopf, 2009.
  One of crime fiction’s most popular and respected writers lifts the lid on “the human appetite for mystery and mayhem,” and lets us get a good look at the works in this wide-ranging survey, dishing up the goods on (among others) Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Peter Lovesey and Sara Paretsky, her own writing process and what she sees as the recent renaissance of detective fiction.
• King, Stephen,
  On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Buy this book
  Scribner, 2000.
  Part memoir, part writing guide, all blood and guts, written at a point when it seemed that — at least to me — he’d lost his mojo. So what did I know? Can’t seem to write? Read this. The first part is a surprisingly personal memoir, candid and oddly inspiring, but the real juice is the second half: a balls-to-the-wall practical, bullshit-free guide to how to write, as King works his way through all the tools a serious writer should master: vocabulary, grammar, narration, description, dialogue, character, pace and theme.
• Leonard, Elmore,
  Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
  William Morrow, 2007.
  You could probably handwrite the entire text on a cocktail napkin and still wipe your mouth. Leonard’s guide to writing is essentially a magazine article sandwiched between two slabs of cardboard, running less than a hundred pages — and that’s with gigantic type and leading, enough white space to park an aircraft character, and numerous large cartoony illustrations from Joe Ciardiello. It’s obviously intended as a gift book, yet its common-sense expansion of what Leonard calls “‘the rules I’ve picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I’m writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what’s taking place in the story” is a bracing bit of advice well worth hearing — if not exactly worth the price. Which is why they publishers stress that it’s a “gift book.”
• McAleer, John and Andrew,
  Mystery Writing in a Nutshell | Buy this book
  Rockville, MD: James A. Rock & Co., 2007.
  It bills itself as “The World’s Most Concise Guide to Mystery Writing” but “guide” is far too generous a tag for this slim but useful volume. It’s more a series of tips, pointers and suggestions, plus some random ponderings and rhetorical musings on mystery writing from the father and son authors (both writing professors), plus input Robert B. Parker, Robin Moore and Ed Hoch, who also contributed an introduction. Nonetheless, both novice writers and seasoned pros will find more than a few choice morsels to chew on here, and beginners in particular will enjoy the informal approach. John McAleer is the acclaimed biographer of Rex Stout, while son Andrew was the editor of the Crimestalker Casebook and the writer of the James P. Hillton mysteries.
• Mosley, Walter,
  This Year You Write Your Novel | Buy this book
  Little, Brown and Company, 2007.
  Mosley hits on one key note again and again (but it’s a good note) in this primer for beginning writers: a writer must write every day at a prescribed time to be a writer. No excuses, he says. “Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls.” I’m all for that.
• Mosley, Walter,
  Elements of Fiction | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
  Grove Press, 2019.
  Easy Rawlins’ creator lifts the lid once more, and gives us an even deeper look at the workings of his craft. The logical sequel to This Year You Write Your Novel.
• Newton, Michael,
  Armed and Dangerous: A Writer’s Guide to Weapons | Buy this book.
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1990.
  Great writers guide to guns, bombs, and all manner of things that go “boom.” Invaluable.
• Norville, Barbara,
  Writing the Modern Mystery | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1986.
  A 1986 writing guide by mystery editor Barbara Norville, who worked with Ed McBain, Gregory McDonald, Dorothy Uhnak and Robert Fish, among others. Sometimes she sounds hopelessly dated, as when she attempts to give us her personal view of the history of the mystery, yet when she cuts to the chase, some of her advice is razor sharp and timeless, particularly on plot. A good practical guide, with plenty of food for thought.
• O’Cork, Shannon,
  How To Write Mysteries | Buy this book
  Cincinnatti, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1989.
  Oh. So that’s how it’s done. With an introduction by Hillary Waugh.
• Paretsky, Sara,
  Writing in the Age of silence | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Verso Books, 2007.
  One of the most politically articulate and outspoken of P.I. writers, this memoir cuts loose on what fuels her writing — and her anger. Written in the Age of Bush, I think we can all guess what she thinks of Trump.
• Randisi, Robert, ed.
  Writing the Private Eye Novel | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1997.
  Excellent kick-in-the-butt book by Robert Randisi, founder and president of The Private Eye Writers of America. Includes chapters by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, Sun Grafton, Parnell Hall, Ed Gorman, Max Collins and all the usual suspects.
• Ray, Robert J.
  The Weekend Novelist | Buy this book
  New York, New York: Dell, 1994.
  The legend goes that Ray, the man responsible for the Matt Murdock private eye novels,wrote his first published book mostly on weekends, while teaching full-time. Herewith with he reveals his secrets. Or, as the blurb puts it, it’s a “dynamic 52-week program to help you produce a finished novel…one weekend at a time.” Ray did a later book that focussed specificaly on writing mysteries, entitled, appropriately enough, The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery.
• Ray, Robert J., and Jack Remick,
  The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery | Buy this book
  New York, New York: Dell, 1998.
  The logical sequel to his first writing guide, The Weekend Novelist. This one promises “From empty page to finished mystery in just 52 weekends — a dynamic step-by-step program.”
• Roberts, Gillian,
  You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write It) | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1999.
  The author of the Amanda Pepper mystery series (okay, we’re not exactly talking hard-boiled, here) delivers the goods for aspiring crime writers, and indeed, any writer interested in writing better. Avoiding pat adages, she cuts to the core, getting the novice writer to ask themselves the hard questions they should be asking, such as “What has to happen before the rest can happen?” She particularly shines on matters of plot mechanics.
• Rodell, Marie F.,
  Mystery Fiction: Theory and Technique
  New York, New York: Hermitage House, 1942.
  Revised 1953.
• Roth, Martin,
  The Writer’s Complete Crime Reference Book | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writers Digest Books; revised 1993.
  A good, basic reference for writers covering numerous aspects of crime, from weapons and jargon to standard operating procedures for criminals and various law enforcement agencies.
• Seidman, Michael
  Fiction: The Art and Craft of Writing and Getting Published | Buy this book
  New York: Pomegranate Press, 1999.
  Seidman’s the real deal. He doesn’t suffer fools glady, and he calls a spade a spade. Straight, no-nonsense talk from one of the best editors in the mystery field, it’s an insider’s comprehensive look at publishing fiction, covering everything from the art to the business of writing. Seidman doesn’t pull punches, or mouth platitudes. If you’ve been reading DorothyL for any length of time, you know what I mean. Simply one of the best writing reference books available.
• Spizer, Joyce,
  Power Marketing Your Novel: Marketing and Promoting Fiction and Nonfiction | Buy this book
  Intercontinental Pub, 2000.
  A short (148 pages) how-to book for writers intent on learning how to toot their own horns, by the creator of the Mel Walker P.I. mysteries.
• Tapply, William G.,
  The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing a Modern Whodunit | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
  Writer, 1995.
  The creator of lawyer/sleuth Brady Coyne weighs in with his own thoughts on writing crime fiction.
• Vallere, Diane,
  Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Sisters in Crime, 2022.
  Presented by The Sisters in Crime. Not a how-to guide, they stress, but a thought-provoking collection of essays on self-promotion, blatant and otherwise. Among the sisters with chapters are Charlaine Harris, Matt Coyle, Rhys Bowen, Paul D. Mark, Renée Patrick, Hank Philippi Ryan, Jeffrey Marks, Holly West and Lori Rader-Day.
• Waugh, Hillary,
  Hillary Waugh’s Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing | Buy this book
  Writer’s Digest Books, 1991.
  Edgar nominated book combines a history of the genre with tips on writing (some previously published) and a discussion of the various sub-genres.
• Weber, Ronald.
  Hired Pens: Professional Writers in America’s Golden Age of Print
  Ohio University Press, 1998.
  A intriguing look at American commercial writers and editors from the 1830’s until the 1960’s, covering everyone from Edgar Allan Poe to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• Wells, Carolyn,
  The Technique of the Mystery Story | Read this book
  Springfield, Mass: The Home Correspondence School, 1913.
  Probably the first book on writing crime fiction. Written by the creator of master detective Fleming Stone and who at the time had only written four mysteries (although she went on to write over eighty of them), it boasts that its “A Complete Practical Study of the Theory and Structure of the Form with Examples from the Best Mystery Writers.” It was revised in 1929, but you might find the original somewhere online. The book is full of god-awful clunkers, like a solemn pronouncement that “The enjoyment of puzzles or mysteries is as old as humanity itself” and quaint lectures on “correctness,” but it’s still worth checking out. Some wisdom is truly timeless. In fact, Bill Pronzini claims Bill Pronzini in 1001 Midnights that The Technique of the Mystery Story is “far more readable today than (Wells’) novels which are riddled with stilted prose, weak characterizations, and flaws in logic and common sense.”
• Wilson, Keith D.,
  Cause of Death: A Writer’s Guide To Death, Murder & Forensic Medecine | Buy this book
  Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992.
  If you’re not a doctor, and you plan to write crime fiction, you NEED this book. An indispensible, well-thought-out guide to everything about death, murder and forensic medecine that you’d probably rather not learn about firsthand.From the Writer’s Digest “Howdunit Series.”  

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Compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Randal Brandt and Monte Herridge for their contributions to this page. And to The Girl Detective for her guidance and her library (Don’t worry — I’ll put ’em back).

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