• Daily Thrill

    Cult X

    Fuminori Nakamura

    "The wind began to blow gently, causing the windows of the sitting room to rattle as if in pain."

    May 21, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Odds

    Amelia Gray

    "At dinner, she ordered the meat loaf smothered in gravy with a side of sliced bologna and turtle cheesecake and ate it all grimly."

    May 18, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Broken Places

    Tracy Clark

    "Chicago cops had to be on the lookout for any number of nefarious mopes eager to take a potshot, but this morning my biggest enemy was turning out to be the scorching rays of the summer sun."

    May 17, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Young Man, I Think You're Dying

    Joan Fleming

    "Pizzas! He adjusted his expression to one of disgust and contempt, but lovingly, in the manner of an artist, he picked up the sliced onion and arranged it down the pastry in a straight professional line next to the sliced tomato."

    May 16, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Shelter in Place

    Nora Roberts

    "For everyone touched by the violence that day, it would never be over."

    May 15, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    How Far She's Come

    Holly Brown

    "They’re watching me, I know that."

    May 14, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Paper Ghosts

    Julia Heaberlin

    "When she was twelve, my sister fell into a grave."

    May 11, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Million Drops

    Victor del Árbol, translated by Lisa Dillman

    "The landscape took on a certain density after the rain, the colors of the forest seeming deeper."

    May 10, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Death of Mrs. Westaway

    Ruth Ware

    "It was almost midday as Hal hurried along the seafront, clutching her jacket against the biting wind."

    May 9, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Blackout

    Alex Segura

    "Patty Morales turned right off the breezeway and walked toward A200, the student media classroom where the Southwest yearbook and newspaper set up shop."

    May 8, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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