All This I Will Give To You
Dolores Redondo, Translated by Michael Miegs
"The knock at the door was loud and peremptory."
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Chourmo
Jean-Claude Izzo, translated by Howard Curtis
"There’s nothing more pleasant, when you have nothing to do, than to have a snack in the morning and sit looking at the sea."
Black Diamond Fall
Joseph Olshan
"Looming constantly to their left is Black Diamond Fall, whose headwalls are built up from ice melt that has gathered layers of snow; the slope looks almost vertical in places, dark dashes of rock to be avoided at all costs."
The Breakers
Marcia Muller
"He looked somewhat like my image of Satan: wild black hair, thin, waxed mustache, spade-shaped patch of hair on his chin."
Swift Vengeance
T. Jefferson Parker
"Home from World Pizza I sat in front of the west-facing window in my upstairs office and looked out at my rancho."
Sister of Mine
Laurie Petrou
"I had been here before. I had seen the eyes of someone I loved shift towards my sister."
Don't Send Flowers
Martín Solares
"He told them there was someone who could find the girl: an ex-cop."
The Name of the Dog
Elmer Mendoza
"He hated going to bed without a drink because it made him sleep in."
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