• Daily Thrill

    The Trouble Makers

    Celia Fremlin

    "Sometimes Katharine felt the evening rush hour to be an almost tranquil thing."

    April 18, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Noir

    Christopher Moore

    "“Dog pizza,” said Sal, first thing when I walked in. He was wearing a black apron, a bow tie, and a white shirt with garters on the sleeves, looking like the type of bartender who gets shot in westerns."

    April 17, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Perfect Shot

    Robin Yocum

    "Tony DeMarco made a handsome living selling drugs, breaking bones, and, when the opportunity pre­sented itself, sending a .22-caliber bullet ricocheting off the inside of a mark’s skull."

    April 16, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Colonel Sun

    Kingsley Amis

    "In the course of his career, James Bond had been held up and threatened in this sort of way literally dozens of times—often, as now, by a total stranger."

    April 13, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Warning Light

    David Ricciardi

    "The veteran controller had worked planes with communications trouble, aircraft that had strayed off course, and even emergencies, but no one had ever disobeyed an instruction before."

    April 12, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Awkward Squad

    Sophie Hénaff

    "Your new post takes effect in September. You’ll be heading up a new squad."

    April 11, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    In Prior's Wood

    G. M. Malliet

    "“I can’t believe it’s almost the first of May,” said Awena, looking at the calendar hanging on the kitchen wall. “It’s nearly time for Beltane—how did that happen?"

    April 10, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Nothing Is Forgotten

    Peter Golden

    "I was never too interested in my family’s history."

    April 9, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    After Anna

    Lisa Scottoline

    "Noah waited alone in the bull pen, a secured detention area of room-like cells on the bottom floor of the courthouse."

    April 6, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The New Neighbors

    Simon Lelic

    "It’s the waiting. That’s what’s getting to me, way more than I thought it would."

    April 5, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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