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The Man With No Face

Peter May

"It was raining."


Smoke and Ashes

Abir Mukherjee

"It’s not unusual to find a corpse in a funeral parlour."


All The Wrong Places

Joy Fielding

"'Dr. Barelli was very cute, didn’t you think?'"


Article 353

Tanguy Viel, translated by William Rodarmor

"So you came back alone, said the judge."


The Wolf and the Watchman

Niklas Natt och Dag, translated by Ebba Segerberg

"The gravedigger answers the knock on his door in the building next to the wall."


Killer Thriller

Lee Goldberg

"Ian and Margo left the bird garden and headed down Tung Choi Street, known locally as Goldfish Street."


Allmen and the Pink Diamond

Martin Suter, translated by Steph Morris

"Allmen was nervous."


Unto Us a Son Is Given

Donna Leon

"‘Oddio,’ Brunetti exclaimed."


The Elephant of Surprise

Joe R. Lansdale

"The night was dark, wet, and cold, and the rain was coming down hard."


Run Away

Harlan Coben

"When Elena Ramirez limped into the ridiculously large office with the ridiculously over-the-top views, she braced for the inevitable."



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