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Swift Vengeance

T. Jefferson Parker

"Home from World Pizza I sat in front of the west-facing window in my upstairs office and looked out at my rancho."


Sister of Mine

Laurie Petrou

"I had been here before. I had seen the eyes of someone I loved shift towards my sister."


Don’t Send Flowers

Martín Solares

"He told them there was someone who could find the girl: an ex-cop."


Smoking Kills

Antoine Laurain, Translated by Louise Lalaurie Rogers

"Looking back over the somewhat dizzying landscape of my life, I would say that before the events that turned it upside down, I was an unremarkable man, bordering on the dull."


The Name of the Dog

Elmer Mendoza

"He hated going to bed without a drink because it made him sleep in."


Feared

Lisa Scottoline

"Machiavelli has been circling us for too long, and it’s time that we finished him off, for good."


“I Killed Her Because I Loved Her”

Muhsin al-Ramli, translated by Jonathan Wright

"We found Qamar’s body in the courtyard."


Hollywood Ending

Kellye Garrett

"I definitely needed a new battery."


Babylon

Yasmina Reza, Translated by Linda Asher

"I was nearly asleep when I heard a noise that sounded like a doorbell. "


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