The Blue Flame
George Pelecanos
"The sign outside Derek Strange’s place of business, on 9th and Upshur NW, was constructed in neon tubing and read, 'Strange Investigations.'"
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"Vera, as a sleuth and a wise elderly lady, should have known better than to tell strangers who she is."
Mother of Night: Excerpt and Cover Reveal
James Bennett
"The ship’s bell clanged like Judgement Day, spurring every hand to alarm, struggling to batten hatches, fasten gear, and coil mooring ropes under the claws of the beast roaring out of the south."
Traitors
Robert B. McCaw
"For many of his fellow naval aviators, flying became a way of life, but for Cooper, the exhilaration of flying wore off with time."
The Blackthorn Women
Jess Lourey
"The snake lay across Ursula Blackthorn’s workshop doorstep, fat and lazy as spilled sin."
Blood River Witch
T.J. Martinson
"Her flashlight found Jackson’s bloodless face, as transparent as a dime bag."
Breakout
A novel from: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
"There was Quintin’s troublemaker grin. He was like her, she realized—a coin with two sides. She wondered what secrets he might be keeping. That curiosity drew her even closer to him."
Night Train
Xu Zechen, translated by Jeremy Tiang
"He blows a puff of smoke at an annotated Songs of Chu, then stabs his cigarette through the pages."
Inhalation: Excerpt
and Cover Reveal
Michael Boulerice
"Frost heaves in the blacktop jostled medical equipment in the back of the truck and sent hot coffee splashing on the man in the passenger seat."
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