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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."


No Man’s Land

Sara Driscoll

"xxxx"


When Old Midnight Comes Along

Loren Estleman

"If you want to know how the local sports teams are doing, but aren’t curious enough to read a paper or watch TV, swing by the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center."


The Watcher in the Woods

Kelley Armstrong

"One of the endless dilemmas we face as law enforcement in Rockton is also one I faced as a homicide detective down south."


Winter Grave

Helene Tursten

"So we’re supposed to sit here and wait until that asshole and his son feel like turning up? Why the hell didn’t you stand your ground and bring the boy in?"



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