• Daily Thrill

    Coffee Stain

    Olivia Maia

    "Black coffee: pure, strong, thick."

    May 31, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Can You Hear Me?

    Elena Varvello, Translated by Alex Valente

    "In August of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods."

    May 30, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Sword of Justice

    Lief G. W. Persson, Translated by Neil Smith

    "It was Monday 3 June, but even though it was a Monday and he had been woken in the middle of the night, Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström would always think of it as the best day of his life. "

    May 29, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    "Withhold the Dawn"

    Richie Narvaez

    "Gladys Gutierrez hated the IRS."

    May 25, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Shadow Killer

    Arnaldur Indridason

    "The woman who found the body was a widow of around fifty called Ólafía."

    May 24, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Good Son

    You-jeong Jeong

    "The smell of blood woke me."

    May 23, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Dante Chamber

    Matthew Pearl

    "He would not be long for this world."

    May 22, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    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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