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The Safety Net

Andrea Camilleri

"“The DVDs are in there. I had three made. The reels were copied in the same order in which they were shot.”"


A Killer’s Wife

Victor Methos

"Jordan Russo swung the passenger door open and leapt from the mov­ing car."


After Me Comes the Flood

Sarah Perry

"Dear Jon (may I call you Jon?),"


Long Range

C.J. Box

"At the same time, inside a falcon mews on the sagebrush prairie outside of Saddlestring, Nate Romanowski firmly grasped a pigeon in his left hand and twisted its head with his right, producing an audible snap."


Make Them Cry

Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith

"Two motorcycles had pulled alongside them now, one on each side."


Gone by Midnight

Candice Fox

"I was marched through a foyer packed with police officers standing in groups, looking at maps and talking on phones, the seating area and a huddle of tall tables completely swamped by blue uniforms."


A Reasonable Doubt

Philip Margolin

"For her fifth birthday, Robin Lockwood received a magic kit with one hundred easy-to-learn tricks and proceeded to “astonish” her parents and brothers whenever she could trap them."


The Animals at Lockwood Manor

Jane Healey

"It was the night of the ball and Lockwood had come alive."


Foul is Fair

Hannah Capin

"'You chose the perfect boy,' says Summer, after school."


Depraved Indifference

Gary Indiana

"By the time of this third encounter with Evelyn Carson, Warren had studied a rap sheet Styles Janowski had dug up for him, Styles being a retired Oceanside investigator who owed Warren many favors and creamed his pants sniffing into other people’s business."



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