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Five Minute Mystery: The Case of the Mysterious Dr. Crowley (or, Fuck This World Indeed)

Sara Gran

"In her yellow handbag was a Saturday night special, a deck of tarot cards, and a cyanide pill for worst-case scenarios. But today, she wouldn’t need any of them."


Anoxia

Miguel Ángel Hernández, translated by Adrian Nathan West

"The contrast between the limpid surroundings and the vagueness of the body in the bed turns her stomach, sends a bitter aftertaste up into her throat."


The Harvard Murders

Robert Mrazek

"I slowly raised the pistol and fully extended my arm toward the balloon, trying to keep my hand steady as the Hindenburg filled the gun sights. I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger."


The Woman In Suite 11

Ruth Ware

"There was no way out. I was utterly and completely trapped. And the knowledge threatened to overwhelm me."


Mississippi Blue 42: Excerpt and Cover Reveal!

Eli Cranor

"Eli Cranor's new novel, Mississippi Blue 42"


Death in the Aviary: Excerpt and Cover Reveal!

"Blood, manuscripts and rare volumes have started appearing on the market from Ravenswick Abbey’s library and there’s a whisper that they are harbouring something very special indeed there."


Locked In

Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by Caroline Waight

"He knew for a fact that any naïve remnant of a sense of justice he might have had would vanish the moment the heavy door slammed behind him with its irrevocable click."


Midnight and Blue

Ian Rankin

"A quick in and out, just as a favor."


Clean

Alia Trabucco Zerán

"Everything has consequences, Lita. You must understand that."


The Company

Jon Michael Varese

"But that is a fanciful story, and not the one that I must tell. Because our family was the company, and the company was about something different."



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