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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."


Call Me a Cab

Donald E. Westlake

"She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."


The Double Mother

Michael Bussi, translated by Sam Taylor

"The telephone rang, waking Captain Marianne Augresse with a start."


Dog Island

Philippe Claudel, translated by Euan Cameron

"It was a Monday morning in September, on the beach, when it all began."


The Hacienda:
Exclusive Cover Reveal!

Isabel Cañas

"The carriage door creaked as Rodolfo opened it."


Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story

by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth

"Two dead men at the North Gate!"


Holdout

Jeffrey Kluger

"Walli Beckwith had no way of knowing that she probably had just under an hour to live."


First Degree:
A Crime Anthology

Read "The Text Message" by Luc Brahy

"Anything new? Tell me we're getting somewhere."


Bullet Train

Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa

"He opens the tray table and sets his water bottle down, then opens a packet of chocolates and pops one in his mouth."



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