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    The Award

    Matthew Pearl

    "He tried to keep his poise, and to appear detached in the eyes of Bonnie and the realtor, even though, if he were completely honest with himself, he might have burned the world to the ground for this chance."

    December 12, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Fun City Heist

    Michael Kardos

    "A seagull flies past screaming B-natural. I don’t seek it out—the note’s just there, announcing itself. But a drummer with perfect pitch is like a blue whale who can count cards."

    December 8, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Pig Iron

    David James Keaton

    "The coyote stopped at the edge of the well, a warning rumbling in her throat."

    November 21, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    Missing Sam

    Thrity Umrigar

    "This was George making him promise that he wouldn’t kill the girl."

    October 22, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Hunger and Thirst: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

    Claire Fuller

    "long after what happened that summer, and the consequences, which have lasted a lifetime, I have finally realized that some stories need to be told."

    September 22, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Whisper Place

    Mindy Mejia

    "Charlie told me he’d woken up at his house a week ago—a farm south of Riverside—and his girlfriend wasn’t there."

    September 15, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Understudy

    Morgan Richter

    "The first time my understudy tried to kill me was on the day we met."

    August 14, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Man Made of Smoke

    Alex North

    "It was dark, and it was cold."

    May 14, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Carnival of Atrocities

    Natalia García Freire, translated by Victor Meadowcraft

    "[I]nstead of words, I saw a language composed of animal heads which bled and left red trails in their wake. If I looked up at the sky, the sun was always mid-explosion."

    May 13, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    The Impossible Thing

    Belinda Bauer

    "The little fake family were only a couple of hundred yards from the trees now."

    April 8, 2025  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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