The Cold Heart of a Killer
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The Cold Heart of a Killer is a crime novel by Gerald W. Abrams, likely centered on a calculating murderer and the investigation surrounding their crimes.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Cold Heart of a Killer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10075714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold Heart of a Killer Context triple: [Gerald W. Abrams, notableWork, The Cold Heart of a Killer]
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A.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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B.
The Child Killer
The Child Killer is the nickname of Scottish serial murderer Robert Black, notorious for abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing young girls across the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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D.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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E.
Experiment in Murder
Experiment in Murder is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series universe, following a high-stakes investigation into a deadly and intricately planned killing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold Heart of a Killer Target entity description: The Cold Heart of a Killer is a crime novel by Gerald W. Abrams, likely centered on a calculating murderer and the investigation surrounding their crimes.
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A.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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B.
The Child Killer
The Child Killer is the nickname of Scottish serial murderer Robert Black, notorious for abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing young girls across the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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D.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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E.
Experiment in Murder
Experiment in Murder is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series universe, following a high-stakes investigation into a deadly and intricately planned killing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Gerald W. Abrams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacterType |
detective
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killer ⓘ |
| fictionalSetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | crime fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
criminal psychology
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murder investigation ⓘ serial murder ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | investigation of a calculating murderer ⓘ |
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Subject: The Cold Heart of a Killer Description of subject: The Cold Heart of a Killer is a crime novel by Gerald W. Abrams, likely centered on a calculating murderer and the investigation surrounding their crimes.
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