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The Professor of Immortality

Eileen Pollack

"For most of her life, Maxine has assumed anyone who couldn’t get out of bed must be in the grip of a severe mental illness."


The Murder of Harriet Monckton

Elizabeth Haynes

"The weather remains warm and dry, but overcast."


Trolls

Stefan Spjut, translated from the Swedish by Agnes Broomé

"Every time Anders tried to explain to her how he remembered things, or rather, how he didn’t remember them, how they were like white spots in his head, she just nodded at him."


Empire of Lies

Raymond Khoury

"The sultan wasn’t sure what woke him up."


Bloody Genius

John Sandford

"Virgil spent the afternoon reviewing Trane’s work; the room was cool and damp and smelled like paper and floor wax."


Takes One to Know One

Susan Isaacs

"Last night I dreamt I went to Queens Boulevard again."


Bomber’s Moon

Archie Mayor

'"Alex B. Robbin’ was how he sometimes identified himself to his equally young and often reckless friends."


Motherland

G. D. Abson

"Natalya waited for the old woman’s door to close then she heard the distorted voice of the TV presenter as the volume returned to normal."


Hudson’s Kill

Paddy Hirsch

"Justy Flanagan knelt beside the body. “Hold the lamp higher, please, Sergeant."


Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

"Most of Downing College, with the exception of the East Lodge, was built of an oolitic limestone known as Ketton stone."



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