Verses For The Dead
Preston & Child
"Of all the thoughts that could have wandered into Pickett’s temporarily stunned mind, the foremost was: Did he actually walk through the locker room, showers, and pool dressed like that?"
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Liar's Paradox
Taylor Stevens
"Quiet gentrified neighborhood and a cloud-covered sky at two in the morning, a perfect mix for breaking and entering."
The Enemy of My Enemy
W. E. B. Griffith
"Burgdorf and von Dietelburg, those despicable Nazi bastards, are now on the loose, goddamn it!"
Suitcase Charlie
John Guzlowski
"We’re with the Chicago Police Department. There’s been some trouble on the corner here, and we’re asking questions in the neighborhood."
Revolution Sunday
Wendy Guerra, Translated by Achy Obejas
"My father wasn’t executed. You’ve been given erroneous information. My father died in a car accident two summers ago."
The Prague Coup
Written by Jean-Luc Fromental, Illustrated by Miles Hyman, and Translated by Lara Vergnaud
"When it all happened, I was no longer a young girl, but I still had the romanticism and sense of adventure of the debutante whose bright, pre-ordained future had been hijacked by the war...."
The Blood
E. S. Thomson
"Those desperate words, that fearful hand, the bloody sawdust clinging to the rough nap of such cheap paper—all troubled me."
A Christmas Revelation
Anne Perry
"Worm slept soundly that night, but he woke early in the morning thinking again of the lady he’d seen yesterday in the street. She had been frightened when she went with the two men."
Broken Ground
Val McDermid
"He felt a new respect for gravediggers who had to do this every working day. When all of this was over, you wouldn’t catch him doing that for a living."
Sherlock Complete Series One Manga
Written by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat & Steve Thompson, Illustrated by Jay
"Who'd want me for a flatmate?"
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