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Newcomer

Keigo Higashino translated by Giles Murray

'"To think that she was murdered, it’s just too awful,” said Maki gravely, as they were having dinner. “She was a nice person. She even brought me an ice cream once."'


Lies Sleeping

Ben Aaronovitch

"We probably should have guessed something like that had happened when the ambulance screeched up and a pair of paramedics charged past us into the house."


Seventeen

Hideo Yokoyama, translated by Louise Heal Kawai

"By six o'clock that evening, all the editorial staff were in turmoil."


Look Alive Twenty-Five

Janet Evanovich

"My name is Stephanie Plum, and my official title is bond enforcement agent. I’m assisted by Lula. We’re not sure exactly what Lula does, and we’ve never been able to come up with a title for her."


The Moscow Sleepers

Stella Rimington

"In London the rain was steady and unceasing, as it had been for much of the preceding week, and it remained unseasonably cold."


River Bodies

Karen Katchur

"He stripped the body of its clothes, his mind tricking him into believing it was just another skinning."


Long Road to Mercy

David Baldacci

"It was a vastly important branch, in some ways the most important branch of the FBI right now, as it took on myriad global threats against the United States. And here was its head guy dumped in a cc list on a case involving a dead mule."


An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good

Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy

"Even if that smile was heartfelt, there wasn’t the slightest hint of warmth in his eyes; Maud saw only cold calculation. That little goblet had aroused his greed."


Top Dog

Jens Lapidus, translated by Alice Menzies

"There was something off about the closet. Roksana didn’t know what it was, but it gave her bad vibes."


Madame Victoria

Catherine Leroux

"And yet, while nothing else disgusts him, neither blood nor gangrene nor shit nor vomit, Germain can hardly bear the sight of a corpse."



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