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Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud

Mike Lupica

"It turned into my version of Take a Crime Boss to Work Day."


Inhuman Resources

Pierre LeMaitre

"Your task involves placing the candidates under sufficient duress for us to test various criteria: their coolness under pressure, their conduct in an extremely stressful scenario, and their loyalty to the values of the company to which they belong."


“Eight Game-Changing Tips on Public Speaking”

Sheena Kamal

"I’m talking about the little details. I’m talking about the drips of money that have become a nice, steady river into someone else’s pocket."


So Many Doors

Oakley Hall

"He had not liked Jack at first. He had already been in the CCC almost a year when Jack joined."


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."



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