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Running Wild

by J.G. Ballard · 1988

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The thirty-two adult members of an exclusive residential community in West London are brutally murdered, and their children are abducted, leaving no trace. Through the forensic diary of Dr. Richard Greville, Deputy Psychiatric Adviser to the London Metropolitan Police, the brutal details of the massacre that has baffled the entire police department unfold.

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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 112 pages
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