Ahab's Return
Jeffrey Ford
"Ahab wasn’t very good at waiting."
Home Articles posted by CrimeReads Excerpts (Page 78)
CrimeReads Excerpts
Slum Wolf
Tadao Tsuge, translated by Ryan Holmberg
"Anyone who lived in the neighborhood, even if they hadn't physically seen the scoundrel, they had at least heard of the man called, 'Keisei Sabu.'"
All This I Will Give To You
Dolores Redondo, Translated by Michael Miegs
"The knock at the door was loud and peremptory."
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."
Page 78 of 90
