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The Searcher

Tana French

"Two days later, the kid comes back. Since the day has brightened up after a rainy start, Cal and his desk are back out in the garden."


The Sicilian Method

Andrea Camilleri

"He found himself in a clearing beside a thicket of chestnut trees."


The Farm

Max Annas

"'You’re already asleep,' Lettie said quietly."


The Constant Rabbit

Jasper Fforde

"Rabbits always had trouble differentiating between humans."


Next To Last Stand

Craig Johnson

"'Russians.'"


The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

"Killing someone is easy. Hiding the body, now, that’s usually the hard part. That’s how you get caught."


The Last Agent

Robert Dugoni

"Freedom did not come the day a jury exonerated Charles Jenkins of espionage and federal judge Joseph B. Harden declared him “free to go.”"


Funeral for a Friend

Brian Freeman

"Drip. Drip. Drip. Water falling."


And Now She’s Gone

Rachel Howzell Hall

"Last year, a day before the Fourth of July, Ian and Isabel had a meet cute."


Stone

Ho Che Anderson

"La Paz, barely visible behind the boxes of detergent, is giving herself a bath."



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