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The Last Second

Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison

"There was a large mirror on the wall of the white room."


“Bite Out of Crime”

Allison Brennan, edited by Anne Perry

"Jamie Blair first saw the mutt eating out of a Dumpster behind the barbecue restaurant on Folsom Boulevard near the freeway."


Throw Me to the Wolves

Patrick McGuinness

"She gets into trouble sometimes."


Neon Prey

John Sandford

"Deese was a thin man."


Alice’s Island

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

"I didn't know where to put the bouquet of flowers."


Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories

Young-Ha Kim, translated by Krys Lee

"It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?"


Miracle Creek

Angie Kim

"He would've given anything not to be here today."


The Department of Sensitive Crimes

Alexander McCall Smith

"The case that Ulf had mentioned to Dr. Svensson at the end of his last therapy session had started, as many of the department’s cases did, with a simple report from the local police."


Redemption

David Baldacci

"A gentle rain kicked in as Decker trudged along the pavement."


The Tale Teller

Anne Hillerman

"For the past twenty minutes, Joe Leaphorn, former Navajo police lieutenant turned private investigator when the job suited him, had focused on not losing his temper."



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