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The Aosawa Murders

Riku Onda

"I don’t have any great ambitions for myself. It’s enough for me if the three of us can lead safe, healthy lives."


Second Sister

Chan Ho-Kei

"Nga-Yee stood outside a six-story tenement building on Second Street in Sai Ying Pun, staring at the house number in confusion."


Blues for Outlaw Hearts and Old Whores

Massimo Carlotto

"Max reappeared a half hour later wearing a sponge robe  and cradling a fruit-and-veggie smoothie."


The Chill

Scott Carlson

"Deshawn Ryan came out of one hole in the ground and walked thirteen blocks through the rain to reach the next."


The Ruins

Mat Osman

"I was about to start the earthquake when the phone rang. It wasn’t to be a big earthquake—I was thinking of two, maybe three hundred dead."


The Only Child

Mi-ae Seo

"I told you about the room, didn’t I? The room with dozens of locks on it."


The Museum of Desire

Jonathan Kellerman

"Doctors in Florida, uncommon surname, easy trace."


In the Shadow of Vesuvius

Tasha Alexander

"Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others."


Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Deepa Anappara

"Our school is locked up behind a six-foot wall with barbed wire on top, and an iron gate that has a door painted purple."


Things in Jars

Jess Kidd

"The nurse, Mrs Bibby, sits with her bad leg on an upturned bucket."



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