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The Wife Stalker

Liv Constantine

"The morning after the clearly-not-business dinner, I knew I had to take some kind of action, but I was having trouble coming up with a next step that didn’t make me seem like a jealous shrew."


The Girl Beneath the Sea

Andrew Mayne

"Something else is in the water."


The Law of Lines

Hye-young Pyun

"At Ki-jeong’s mother’s house, the door to her sister’s room was always closed."


“Barroom Butterfly”

Barry Gifford

"Roy’s grandfather subscribed to several magazines, among them Time, Field & Stream, Sport, and Reader’s Digest, but the one that interested Roy most was San Francisco Bay Crime Monthly."


Death on Tuckernuck

Francine Mathews

"He hadn’t expected Ash that Saturday morning, hurrying down the weathered wooden pier in her rope-soled wedges and skinny jeans, a slouchy silk sweater slipping down to reveal one perfect shoulder."


Don’t Shed Your Tears For Anyone Who Lives On These Streets

Patricio Pron

"Throughout his life, Linden has always thought of literature as something more than a distraction; in fact more like something inexcusably necessary."


Walk the Wire

David Baldacci

"'What are those?' asked Jamison as they neared their destination."


Summer of Reckoning

Marion Brunet

"It’s something they’ve always done."


Camino Winds

John Grisham

"Leo spun to life in late July in the restless waters of the far eastern Atlantic, about two hundred miles west of Cape Verde."


Her Sister’s Tattoo

Ellen Meeropol

"As they reached the rally site, double rows of blank-faced National Guard troops lined the wide avenue, sunlight bouncing off their helmets."



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