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    Shady Hollow

    Juneau Black

    "One lovely dawn in late August, the sun was cresting the tops of the distant hills to pour its golden light over the forest."

    September 15, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Mad Women's Ball

    Victoria Mas, translated by Frank Wynne

    "Her hand emerges from beneath the covers to caress her granddaughter’s dark hair, but Eugénie is no longer looking at her: her attention is focused elsewhere."

    September 8, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Rizzio

    Denise Mina

    "Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no."

    September 7, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    These Toxic Things

    Rachel Howzell Hall

    "At that time of night, there was peace."

    August 30, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Darkness Knows 

    Arnaldur Indridason

    "You couldn’t have asked for better weather."

    August 27, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Bloodless

    Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

    "They landed about forty-five minutes later at a remote section of Hunter Army Airfield."

    August 18, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Burning

    Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman

    "The dead man lived up the hill. We could have walked, if the world wasn’t ending and we didn’t have to bring him back."

    August 17, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Call Me a Cab

    Donald E. Westlake

    "She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."

    August 16, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The Double Mother

    Michael Bussi, translated by Sam Taylor

    "The telephone rang, waking Captain Marianne Augresse with a start."

    August 16, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Dog Island

    Philippe Claudel, translated by Euan Cameron

    "It was a Monday morning in September, on the beach, when it all began."

    August 13, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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