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Slum Wolf

Tadao Tsuge, translated by Ryan Holmberg

"Anyone who lived in the neighborhood, even if they hadn't physically seen the scoundrel, they had at least heard of the man called, 'Keisei Sabu.'"


Walking Shadows

Faye Kellerman

"It was a mob, but not yet a full-fledged riot."


Blackout

Ragnar Jonasson

"Next time I’ll teach you how to die."


All This I Will Give To You

Dolores Redondo, Translated by Michael Miegs

"The knock at the door was loud and peremptory."


Chourmo

Jean-Claude Izzo, translated by Howard Curtis

"There’s nothing more pleasant, when you have nothing to do, than to have a snack in the morning and sit looking at the sea."


Black Diamond Fall

Joseph Olshan

"Looming constantly to their left is Black Diamond Fall, whose headwalls are built up from ice melt that has gathered layers of snow; the slope looks almost vertical in places, dark dashes of rock to be avoided at all costs."


The Mystery of Three Quarters

Sophie Hannah

"'I must say, I was rather disappointed,’ McCrodden went on. ‘The famous Hercule Poirot, allowing himself to be used for such frivolities.'"


Pieces of Her

Karin Slaughter

“Don’t talk to the police. Don’t sign a statement. Tell them you can’t remember anything.”


City of Ink

Elsa Hart

"The courier rode out of camp in the yellow haze of a dust cloud."


The Breakers

Marcia Muller

"He looked somewhat like my image of Satan: wild black hair, thin, waxed mustache, spade-shaped patch of hair on his chin."



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