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Blood Upon The Snow

Hilda Lawrence

'“You’ll do,” he said. “I read your credentials very carefully. They are really—splendid.”'


The Betrayals

Fiona Neill

"Why, why, why is she writing to Mum after all these years?"


#FashionVictim

Amina Akhtar

"Three blonde PR girls with iPads stood behind a velvet rope, slowly checking people in."


Depth of Winter

Craig Johnson

"I was a stranger in a strange land, and my backup was a legless, blind humpback and his Coke‑bottle‑lensed, Caddy‑driving nephew, neither man instilling a great deal of confidence."


When The Lights Go Out

Mary Kubica

"What freaks me out the most, I tell him, is the implication that I’m already dead."


Field of Bones

J. A. Jance

"The day before, the Boss had come downstairs and selected Amelia as his current choice of amusement."


“The Son-in-Law”

Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush

"And I reckon that’s what a mother’s for: to be around to give a helping hand to her children when they’ve got a problems. Whether they like it or not."


Tell Me You’re Mine

Elisabeth Norebӓck, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel

"Where did she learn to lie so convincingly?"


Foe

Iain Reid

"And then, after a long hesitation or reluctance or uncertainty, the car starts moving again, toward the house."


Ahab’s Return

Jeffrey Ford

"Ahab wasn’t very good at waiting."



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