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Donald E. Westlake
"It’s amazing what you can do in an hour when your life depends on it."
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The Last Passenger
Charles Finch
"The storm only gathered strength during the short trip to Paddington. Lenox felt keenly for poor William Elliott, the raw-faced young groom, just seventeen, who sat atop the box of the carriage with the reins and whip in hand."
The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda
"I don’t have any great ambitions for myself. It’s enough for me if the three of us can lead safe, healthy lives."
Second Sister
Chan Ho-Kei
"Nga-Yee stood outside a six-story tenement building on Second Street in Sai Ying Pun, staring at the house number in confusion."
Blues for Outlaw Hearts and Old Whores
Massimo Carlotto
"Max reappeared a half hour later wearing a sponge robe and cradling a fruit-and-veggie smoothie."
The Chill
Scott Carlson
"Deshawn Ryan came out of one hole in the ground and walked thirteen blocks through the rain to reach the next."
The Ruins
Mat Osman
"I was about to start the earthquake when the phone rang. It wasn’t to be a big earthquake—I was thinking of two, maybe three hundred dead."
The Only Child
Mi-ae Seo
"I told you about the room, didn’t I? The room with dozens of locks on it."
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