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    The bloody brilliance of Megan Abbott

    by Eliana Dockterman Aug 13, 2018 3 minutes
    Three of Abbott’s novels have been optioned for television; her first, Dare Me, will begin filming in August

    MEGAN ABBOTT ISN’T AFRAID OF a little blood. Her new thriller, Give Me Your Hand, is soaked in it. The women wear red stockings and “placenta red” lipstick. Mostly, Abbott writes about period blood, a topic that would strike fear in the hearts of most crime writers.

    But Abbott isn’t just any crime writer. She

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