"In her yellow handbag was a Saturday night special, a deck of tarot cards, and a cyanide pill for worst-case scenarios. But today, she wouldn’t need any of them."
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Anoxia
Miguel Ángel Hernández, translated by Adrian Nathan West
"The contrast between the limpid surroundings and the vagueness of the body in the bed turns her stomach, sends a bitter aftertaste up into her throat."
The Harvard Murders
Robert Mrazek
"I slowly raised the pistol and fully extended my arm toward the balloon, trying to keep my hand steady as the Hindenburg filled the gun sights. I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger."
The Woman In Suite 11
Ruth Ware
"There was no way out. I was utterly and completely trapped. And the knowledge threatened to overwhelm me."
"Eli Cranor's new novel, Mississippi Blue 42"
"Blood, manuscripts and rare volumes have started appearing on the market from Ravenswick Abbey’s library and there’s a whisper that they are harbouring something very special indeed there."
Locked In
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by Caroline Waight
"He knew for a fact that any naïve remnant of a sense of justice he might have had would vanish the moment the heavy door slammed behind him with its irrevocable click."
The Company
Jon Michael Varese
"But that is a fanciful story, and not the one that I must tell. Because our family was the company, and the company was about something different."
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