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Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery

Rosalie Knecht

"The morning after Jane left me, I woke in a Russian diner that overlooked the boardwalk at Brighton Beach, sitting upright in the corner of a booth."


The Guest List

Lucy Foley

"Things are about to crank into another gear: there’s the rehearsal dinner this evening, with the chosen guests, so the wedding really begins tonight."


Bitter Pill

Peter Church

"Usually, Julian Lynch played golf on a Thursday."


“Little Spells”

Sam Weller

"Literary tourists have an unprecedented opportunity to vacation in one of the most infamous locations in book publishing history!"


The House of Whispers

Laura Purcell

"I did not expect to start this position without recalling the beginning of my employment in Hanover Square."


Outside the Lines

Ameera Patel

"The policemen have made themselves at home."


“Hungry Girls”

Cassandra Khaw

"Avoid using cameras during the Hungry Ghost Festival. The dead can be trapped there."


Remain Silent

Susie Steiner

"She has been bothered by the man in the tree—another thing to add to her sense that the country, nay, the world, is going to the dogs."


The Choice

Gillian McAllister

"Laura hands me my coat. 'Jesus,' she says. 'I’ve not had to leave a bar because of a nutter for a while. Are we twenty again?'"


Seven Years of Darkness

You-Jeong Jeong

"Sunghwan opened the glass door that led from the living room to the veranda."



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