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Killers I have Known - and liked

‘Never commit murder,’ said Oscar Wilde. ‘A gentleman should never do anything he cannot talk about at dinner.’

To date, there has been no blood on my hands, but that may change. I am busy devising the perfect murder. I haven’t had so much fun in years.

It started as a cure for insomnia. When I go to bed, I nod off right away. At 5am, I wake up and can’t get back to sleep. That used to be a problem. Not any more. I now kill

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