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A Game of Cones

Abby Collette

"A wave of discontent settled over the dusty, low-lit room."


Winterkill

Ragnar Jonasson

"‘Police, Inspector Ari Thór Arason speaking.’"


Quiet in Her Bones

Nalini Singh

"'Mr. Rai.' Constable Neri at my elbow, her gaze incisive in a softly rounded face, and her skin a midbrown shade made dull by the lack of sunlight."


Untraceable

Sergei Lebedev

"He walked, feeling his body fill with blessed tiredness."


Crocodile Tears

Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge

"In prison, everything is dense"


Estranged

Charles Lamar Phillips

"Kid Guthrie—I’m sorry, Andrew Guthrie—my pint-sized young protégé at the paper and I went to the memorial auditorium for Larry McKnight’s speech in November."


Shoot the Moonlight Out: Exclusive Preview

William Boyle

"Once a week this summer, Bobby Santovasco and his best pal Zeke head down by the Belt Parkway to throw things at the cars getting off at the Bay Parkway exit near Ceasar’s Bay shopping center."


Gift of Diamonds

Roberta Seret

"I escaped Romania in the middle of the night, by bike, on February 2, 1965."


The Shadow

Melanie Raabe

"Vienna was giving Norah the cold shoulder."


Spoils of the Dead

Dana Stabenow

"'Come on, Erik!' Josh's sneakers disappeared over a mussel-encrusted rock ridge left exposed by the low tide."



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