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April in Spain

John Banville

"Terry Tice liked killing people. It was as simple as that."


We Know You Remember

Tove Alsterdal, translated by Alice Menzies

"xxxx"


Riccardino

By Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sarterelli

"Riccardino had been right: It was going to be a beautiful day. Just not for him. But none of it mattered anymore in the least."


Shady Hollow

Juneau Black

"One lovely dawn in late August, the sun was cresting the tops of the distant hills to pour its golden light over the forest."


The Mad Women’s Ball

Victoria Mas, translated by Frank Wynne

"Her hand emerges from beneath the covers to caress her granddaughter’s dark hair, but Eugénie is no longer looking at her: her attention is focused elsewhere."


Rizzio

Denise Mina

"Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no."


These Toxic Things

Rachel Howzell Hall

"At that time of night, there was peace."


The Darkness Knows 

Arnaldur Indridason

"You couldn’t have asked for better weather."


Bloodless

Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

"They landed about forty-five minutes later at a remote section of Hunter Army Airfield."


The Burning

Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman

"The dead man lived up the hill. We could have walked, if the world wasn’t ending and we didn’t have to bring him back."



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