• Daily Thrill

    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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    The Punishment She Deserves

    Elizabeth George

    "The troubles with binge drinking had always been manifold."

    March 20, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Too Close to Breathe

    Olivia Kiernan

    "There hadn't been a suicide note. The victim remains resolutely tight‑lipped, stone‑cold silent; the best and the worst witness of her end."

    March 19, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Knowledge

    Martha Grimes

    "He was a dead man and he knew it."

    March 16, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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