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Xu Xi 許素細
"Each year, a little more deterioration—a sign gone, a door off its hinges, a windowpane shattered—until finally the wreckers appeared, and now we might never have existed at all."
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CrimeReads Excerpts
"The Walk-In"
Harley Jane Kozak
"It’s not every day that you walk into your apartment and find that your cat has turned into a dog."
I Am Behind You
John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated by Marlaine Delargy
"Her daughter’s voice grates on her eardrums. Isabelle rubs her eyes. Tries to erase the incomprehensible sight. But it is still there, just like her daughter’s monotonous whine."
The Comforts of Home
Susan Hill
"He still had doubts about returning to work. How much of a cop could he be? He had been assured the arm would make ‘absolutely no difference to anyone or any aspect of the job’. Really?"
Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud
Mike Lupica
"It turned into my version of Take a Crime Boss to Work Day."
Inhuman Resources
Pierre LeMaitre
"Your task involves placing the candidates under sufficient duress for us to test various criteria: their coolness under pressure, their conduct in an extremely stressful scenario, and their loyalty to the values of the company to which they belong."
"Eight Game-Changing Tips on Public Speaking"
Sheena Kamal
"I’m talking about the little details. I’m talking about the drips of money that have become a nice, steady river into someone else’s pocket."
So Many Doors
Oakley Hall
"He had not liked Jack at first. He had already been in the CCC almost a year when Jack joined."
Newcomer
Keigo Higashino translated by Giles Murray
'"To think that she was murdered, it’s just too awful,” said Maki gravely, as they were having dinner. “She was a nice person. She even brought me an ice cream once."'
Lies Sleeping
Ben Aaronovitch
"We probably should have guessed something like that had happened when the ambulance screeched up and a pair of paramedics charged past us into the house."
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