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EXCERPT AND COVER REVEAL: The House in the Orchard

Elizabeth Brooks

'“Are you afraid?” Peggy asks her reflection. “What frightens you most?”'


Exclusive Cover Reveal:
The Zero Night

Brian Freeman

"For almost a year after he was shot, Stride didn’t miss his job."


EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Blackmail and Bibingka

Mia P. Manansala

"'Adeena, can you please shut that off? If I have to listen to that Mariah Carey song one more time . . .'"


Payback is Forever

Nick Kolakowski

"The morning newspapers offered precious few developments about the amusement park massacre."


Curfew

Jayne Cowie

"When I was a young woman at the police training academy, I learned two important things."


Tell Me An Ending

Jo Harkin

"Oscar, for the twentieth—maybe even thirtieth time since he got here—is lost in the medina."


The End of Getting Lost

Robin Kirman

"Around six they started getting ready."


The Harbor

Katrine Engberg

"After spending his weekend in bed, Michael woke up Monday morning with a throat full of glass shards."


Dead Collections

Isaac Feldman

"Someday, I will write all this down."


Death of a Green-Eyed Monster

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green

"'He’s dead! He’s dead!' Dougie Tennant was squatting on the ground near his petrol pumps, rocking back and forth."



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