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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."


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:
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Isabel Cañas

"The carriage door creaked as Rodolfo opened it."



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