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Behind Every Lie

Christina McDonald

"'The police think I was at Mom’s house?' I asked Andrew, stunned."


The Lookalike

Erica Spindler

"Chef Thompson ushered her across to the couch, then took a seat directly across from her. He met her eyes."


A Beautiful Crime

Christopher Bollen

"Nick thought he could see the hazy pink peaks of San Marco. How could he have ever considered taking the bus?"


When You See Me

Lisa Gardner

"xxxx"


A Dredging in Swann

Tim Garvin

"Sebastian Creek’s shift was going long, involving an interview with a bottle-cut victim at the Spartanville emergency room and now a stop-by at Smitty’s Sportsbar where the fight had gone down."


Dark Video

Peter Church

"xxxx"


The Sweet Indifference of the World

Peter Stamm

"It was when I was at university that I had first started working on fiction, ambitious projects full of deep wis­dom and literary allusions, that no one wanted to read, much less publish."


The Janes

Louisa Luna

"The temperature on cap’s dashboard read 84, but the high dew point was the real killer, the thickness in the air."


No Fixed Line

Dana Stabenow

"The sound of the engine increased to a roar as it passed overhead and then as suddenly ceased."


Naked Came the Florida Man

Tim Dorsey

"xxxx"



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