The Bodies in the Library
Marty Wingate
"Up the stairs, I paused for a quick glance in the library—it certainly passed my muster—and then continued to my own flat, pulling the key out of my pocket."
"Up the stairs, I paused for a quick glance in the library—it certainly passed my muster—and then continued to my own flat, pulling the key out of my pocket."
"For most of her life, Maxine has assumed anyone who couldn’t get out of bed must be in the grip of a severe mental illness."
"The weather remains warm and dry, but overcast."
"Every time Anders tried to explain to her how he remembered things, or rather, how he didn’t remember them, how they were like white spots in his head, she just nodded at him."
"The sultan wasn’t sure what woke him up."
"Virgil spent the afternoon reviewing Trane’s work; the room was cool and damp and smelled like paper and floor wax."
"Last night I dreamt I went to Queens Boulevard again."
'"Alex B. Robbin’ was how he sometimes identified himself to his equally young and often reckless friends."
"Justy Flanagan knelt beside the body. “Hold the lamp higher, please, Sergeant."
"Most of Downing College, with the exception of the East Lodge, was built of an oolitic limestone known as Ketton stone."
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