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The Tenant

Katrine Engberg

"Copenhagen Police investigator Jeppe Kørner splashed water on his face and looked at himself in the mirror on the tiled bathroom wall."


The Decent Inn of Death

Rennie Airth

"At breakfast the following day the Bennetts invited Sinclair to accompany them to church later that morning."


Too Close to Home

Andrew Grant

"I’d known Brett Ellison for almost thirty-three minutes when we reached the service elevator."


The Rabbit Hunter

Lars Kepler

"Sofia makes her way quickly along the wall and past the stairs, until she reaches a narrow closet door."


Lost Hills

Lee Goldberg

"The northern stretch of Mulholland Highway ended in a T intersection with Mulholland Drive."


Highfire

Eoin Colfer

"Vern often thought of the old days,  when dragons had ruled decent patches of the earth from high in their eyries."


Sanctuary

Luca D’Andrea

"Two light knocks and these words: Nibble, nibble, little mouse! Who is nibbling at my house?"


The Dark Corners of the Night

Meg Gardiner

"Winter, two a.m., and a Santa Ana wind was scouring Los Angeles."


White Elephant

Trish Harnetiaux

"Tapping the side of a champagne flute with a cocktail fork to rouse the attention of a room brought Claudine immense pleasure."


Good Girls Lie

J.T. Ellison

"The chapel is, like most things at Goode, undernamed."



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