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    "Large black coffee," Will said, not bothering to look up from the register.

    "Actually," the man on the other side of the counter replied, his voice smooth and entirely out of place in the valley, "I should prefer a—"

    "Large black coffee."

    Will finally looked up. The man was dressed impeccably—suit tailored so perfectly it belonged in a city showroom, not a drafty mountain crossroads

    The stranger’s mouth curved into a faint smile. "You remember me."

    "Unfortunately," Will muttered, reaching for a cup.

    "How flattering," The man looked quietly amused.

    "You've been in here every single day this week," Will said, leaning against the counter.

    OR;

    Stuck in a sleepy mountain town with a bad case of writer's block, true-crime author Will Graham turns to an anonymous online forum for advice, never expecting his morbid pen pal to start recreating the book's gruesome murders in real life.

    To Will Graham, he’s trapped in a nightmare where a real-world serial killer is stalking his manuscript and courting him through corpses. To Hannibal Lecter, it’s a beautifully orchestrated meet-cute, an online courtship, and a series of very elaborate first dates.

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