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."
"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."
"Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no."
"At that time of night, there was peace."
"You couldn’t have asked for better weather."
"They landed about forty-five minutes later at a remote section of Hunter Army Airfield."
"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."
"She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."
"The telephone rang, waking Captain Marianne Augresse with a start."
"It was a Monday morning in September, on the beach, when it all began."
"The carriage door creaked as Rodolfo opened it."