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No Room at the Morgue

Jean Patrick Manchette
translated by Alyson Waters

"We took the Toronado that was waiting on the muddy path, a short distance from the garden that had gone to seed."


The Search Party

Simon Lelic

"So much for the rainbow bridge."


The Bangtail Ghost

Keith McAfferty

"The house was a fish out of water for the setting, a split‑level mid‑century modern with a backward‑slanting roof and casement windows offering a spectacular view of the Madison Range, if only a sliver of the river itself."


The Way Out

Ricardo Piglia

"As I was on my way to teach class and listened, in the hallway, to the soft buzzing of laughter and voices that you always hear before entering the classroom, I thought that the students must know everything I was thinking and that their network of informants and interpretations was impeccable."


The Second Wife

Rebecca Fleet

"It’s past midnight and the lights along the pier are jumping points of static, reflected in silver glimmers on the sea."


When These Mountains Burn

David Joy

"On a Tuesday, Denny woke up shivering in the passenger seat of his LeBaron."


Lone Jack Trail

Owen Laukennen

"What remained of “Bad” Boyd washed up on the beach at Ship- wreck Point on a pretty morning in the middle of May, three days after anyone in Deception Cove last saw him alive."


Say No More

Karen Rose

"Rhoda stumbled to Mercy’s side, dropping to her knees beside her daughter."


The Finisher

Peter Lovesay

"The city of Bath isn’t all about Roman plumbing and Georgian architecture."


The Darkest Hearts

Nelson George

"Back at the hotel, Serene ran the bath for Anika Selam and gave the slender young women one of the hotel’s comfy white bathrobes."



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