A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder
Dianne Freeman
"Murdered? I snatched the newspaper from Hetty’s hands and spread it on my lap."
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The Ugly Truth
Jill Orr
"Southerners will go to great lengths to avoid speaking ill of the dead, no matter how much they hated a person’s guts while they were alive."
Shoot the Bastards
Michael Stanley
"As Crys walked, all she could see were surreal shapes of trees and bushes and white images of impala and other animals that she couldn’t identify."
The Perfect Plan
Bryan Reardon
"As the sun rises, I walk across the street toward the second row home on the block, five up from where Lauren Branch lives with her two roommates."
The First Mistake
Sandie Jones
"'You’re not going to let him get away with that, are you?' asks Beth, aghast."
Recursion
Blake Crouch
"Standing in the shower at six a.m., trying to wake up as the hot water sluices down her skin, Helena is struck with an intense sensation of having lived this exact moment before."
The Body in Question
Jill Ciment
"The jury box is now full, five women including C-2, and two men, F-17 and the twitchy alternate with the hectic buzz cut who doesn’t pay attention when the judge explains what a voir dire is."
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