{"title":"True Crime - Murder - Serial Killers","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"murderland-crime-and-bloodlust-in-the-time-of-serial-killers-9780593657225","title":"Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA National Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Scorching, seductive . . . 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