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I Spy

Claire Kendal

"The clear glass table meant that I had to work extra hard to stop my knee from jerking up and down."


Love and Death Among the Cheetahs

Rhys Bowen

"So I allowed Zou Zou to kit me out for the garden party."


Contraband

Stuart Woods

"Max pulled a chair up to Dix’s bed. “Are you comfortable, Dixie?”"


Outfox

Sandra Brown

"Drex stepped out of the shower and reached for his ringing cell phone, which he’d balanced on the rim of the sink."


The Whisperer

Karin Fossum

"She never turned the lights off when she left home."


In the Wolf’s Lair

Anna Starobinets

"“Everyone scram! This is a crime scene!” yelled Chief Badger. “You’ll trample the evidence! Beat it. Scoot. Skedaddle! Everyone, step back!"


A Dangerous Man

Robert Crais

"Ten fifty-three."


A Nice Cup of Tea

Celia Imrie

"Sally drove the van along the coast road to Cagnes-sur-Mer."


The Turn of the Key

Ruth Ware

"I had known, on some level, I suppose, that the Elincourts were rich."


Smokescreen

Iris Johansen

"Do it!"



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