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1''The Psychopath Next Door'' is a Platform/WattPad novels by Carson Faircloth. It has a sequel, The Devil Inside, and a third installment planned for serialization beginning 2022.
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3Set in a small town, the story follows high schooler Cooper Daniels, an ordinary high schooler who stumbles upon a murder victim's body at a party, and Calla Parker, a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who wakes up covered in blood with no memory from the night before, as they attempt to figure out who is behind a string of murders targeting their classmates.
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5!!This series provides examples of:
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7* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Calla loves Rachel in her own way, though she can be pragmatically cold-hearted in interacting with her. [[spoiler: According to her mother, she was also very loving towards her little brother before he died in early childhood.]]
8* HighOnHomicide: [[spoiler: How Calla feels after killing Tracy.]]
9* ImmoralJournalist: [[spoiler: Stephanie.]]
10* IntrepidReporter: Tom takes his camera everywhere, and eventually begins to take it upon himself to figure out who's behind the murders, and why Cooper keeps getting involved.
11* OddFriendship: Develops between Cooper and Calla by the end of the first book. Calla is a literal sociopath. Cooper is the only one who knows just how sociopathic she is. Despite or because of this, they end up developing a bond.
12* StalkerWithACrush: People tend to mistake Cooper's fear of Calla for this. [[spoiler: It also turns out to actually be the motivation for most of the murders in the first book.]]
13* TokenEvilTeammate: Calla. And every time Cooper forgets it she's ready with a morbid joke to remind him of just how evil she can be.

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