The Butterfly House
Katrine Engberg
"Frederik wiped the water off his forehead and put the cap back on his head."
"Frederik wiped the water off his forehead and put the cap back on his head."
"The furnishings are the same as I remember, cheap pinewood painted white."
"The diamond fleet tugged and jingled at its moorings in the anchorage."
"Haley McCullough stared down at Susie’s dead body."
"friend, a seasoned homicide detective, is a master of discontent."
"This was the house that would change their fortunes."
"The strong wind had packed the snow into solid drifts, and at any moment a swirl of fine snow, known as 'snow smoke,' could hide the way ahead completely."
"A full moon cast pale shadows over the two men digging and flinging dirt out of a hole, their movements rhythmic."
"The two men in the second-story window across the street from Huludao Smile Swimwear Ltd’s tiny office made no attempt to hide."
"He slips in almost without a sound, just one gulp and gone."
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