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The Butcher of Casablanca

Abdelilah Hamdouchi

"The street that led to the crime scene was broad and almost empty."


Pollock Confidential

Onofrio Cattocio

"During the Cold War, top CIA officials carry out a secret plan designed to promote abstract expressionism and American contemporary art."


The Stolen Gold Affair

Bill Pronzini

"'I am Everett Hoxley.'"


Girls Like Us

Cristina Alger

"xxxx"


The Third Sister

Sara Blaedel

"Ilka woke up and squinted against the bright light."


Sin Eater

Megan Campisi

"When I stumble into the road, folk look and look away."


Who Speaks for the Damned

C.S. Harris

"“Dead bodies in my gardens?” muttered Irvine Pennington, sweating heavily as he led the way along a central allée of pleached hornbeam under‑planted with low‑clipped hedges of boxwood and waves of purple allium."


Something She’s Not Telling Us

Darcey Bell

"Early Saturday morning, Eli and Charlotte lie in bed drinking coffee, enjoying what grainy sunlight the park allows into their window."


“Her Job”

Tom Franklin

"Three months to the day—it was past time, she told herself—she drove to her son’s house to pack his things, get the place ready to sell."


Hour of the Assassin

Matthew Quirk

"How did that night go so wrong?"



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