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An Easy Death

Charlaine Harris

"The man and the woman looked the same as they had the afternoon before: tall, well nourished, well dressed, rested. Today they seemed a bit more worried."


Crisis

Felix Francis

"“Prince of Troy Dead in Stable Fire” read all the headline banners at the newspaper stands in King’s Cross."


Holy Ghost

John Sandford

"As Virgil rolled past a million acres of newly sprouted cornfields on the way to Wheatfield, he realized that there were damn few wheatfields around anymore."


The Clockmaker’s Daughter

Kate Morton

"The woman in the white gloves unlatched the dull silver buckle and the satchel held its breath."


“Sister Ray”

Alison Gaylin

" I looked down at the last picture, Cecil’s face quite clear in this one, that shit-eating grin, as though he were posing at a tourist attraction."


The Night Stalker

Robert Brynzda

"Is there anyone you can think of who would do this to your husband?"


The Red Lamp

Mary Roberts Rinehart

"More sheep were killed last night. The Livingstones have lost a dozen of their blooded stock, and several farmers have suffered."


We Were Mothers

Katie Sise

"Laurel’s anxiety rose with each breath. Her hands gripped the edge of her neighbor Cora’s marble kitchen island, and she spoke faster and faster, trying to escape the feeling."


Firefly

Henry Porter

"His head went under. Seawater filled his nose and mouth; his eyes opened and he saw the black depths of the ocean below him."


A Knife in the Fog

Bradley Harper

"Miss Harkness and I arrived at the location of the murder at around eight o’clock, by which time the sun had fully set, and it was not difficult to imagine movement in the shadows."



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