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References
- ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight by John Douglas, Author, Mark Olshaker, Joint Author Scribner Book Company $25.5 (384p) ISBN 978-0-684-84560-9". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ↑ "OBSESSION by John Douglas , Mark Olshaker". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
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