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The Boy From the Woods

Harlan Coben

"Matthew was in Crash Maynard’s enormous mansion on the hill."


Like Flies From Afar

K. Ferrari

"xxxx"


The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home

Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

"Here is what the sea smells like."


All the Pretty Things

Emily Arsenault

"I glanced back toward the double doors and realized that I’d had to buzz in because they were locked."


Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing

Maryla Szymickowa

"'Two bottles of wine against cholera,' she said to the shop assistant."


A Conspiracy of Bones

Kathy Reichs

"The phone rang again at eight."


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."



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