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Book Review of The Murderer Next Door

The Murderer Next Door
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DESPITE HER POVERTY STRICKEN CHLDHOOD, MOLLY HAS MADE A NICE LIFE FOR HERSELF. SH IS A PARTNER IN A MANHATTAN LAW FIRM AND OWNS AN EVIABLE GREENWICH VILLAGE APARTMENT WITH HER SUCCESSFUL PSYCHIATRIST HUSBAND. SHE EVEN HAS HER BEST FRIEND LIVING NEXT DOOR. WENDY FLIESS, A TEACHER AND THE MOTHER OF AN ADORABLE DAUGHTER, NAOMI. AS MUCH AS SHE LOVES WENDY, MOLLY HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO STOMACH HER HUSBAND BEN, AN OBNOXIOUS FINANCIAL ANALYST WHO ALTERNATELY BERATES HIS WIFE AND SMOTHER HER WITH AFFECTION. BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT BEN IS MORE BIZARRE THAN MOLLY EVER IMAGINED. AND WHEN WENDY LEARNS OF IT ,HER HUSBAND KILLS HER, LEAVING MOLLY TO PROTECT LITTLE NAOMI. SHE NEVER EXPECTS THAT SHE HERSELF CAN BE SEDUCED INTO BEN'S STRANGE AND PERVERSE WORLD OF DARKNESS.
A MUST READ FFOR ALL MYSTERY FANS