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The Cutting Edge

Jeffrey Deaver

"Is it safe?"

April 3, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Cave of Bones

Anne Hillerman

"Annie Rainsong knew that today she would die."

April 2, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Time Is A Killer

Michel Bussi, Trans. by Shaun Whiteside

"Clotilde slowly slipped the headphones from her ears. Irritated."

March 30, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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A Necessary Evil

Abir Mukherjee

"It’s not often you see a man with a diamond in his beard. But when a prince runs out of space on his ears, fingers, and clothes, I guess the whiskers on his chin are as good a place as any."

March 29, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Our Little Secret

Roz Nay

"Inside the beer tent, it was even louder and the walls shone slick with heat."

March 28, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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True Fiction

Lee Goldberg

"Ian Ludlow finished reading aloud from his book and smiled, pleased with the last line and with himself for being clever enough to write it."

March 27, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Jackrabbit Smile

Joe R. Lansdale

"Even when I’m doing something enjoyable, it seems death and destruction lurk nearby. I might not recognize those dual demons right away, but they’re out there."

March 26, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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The Dark Clouds Shining

David Downing

"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."

March 23, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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"The Spider"

Koga Saburo, trans. by Ho-Ling Wong and John Pugmire

"The bizarre laboratory of Professor Tsujikawa stood on top of a pillar towering at least nine metres high, as if competing with the surrounding keyaki trees which had lost their leaves."

March 22, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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To Die But Once

Jacqueline Winspear

"The boy had not had a day without a headache in weeks."

March 21, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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