The Cutting Edge
Jeffrey Deaver
"Is it safe?"
"Annie Rainsong knew that today she would die."
"Clotilde slowly slipped the headphones from her ears. Irritated."
"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."
"Inside the beer tent, it was even louder and the walls shone slick with heat."
"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."
"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."
"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."
"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."
"The boy had not had a day without a headache in weeks."
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