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Believe Me

J. P. Delaney

"The policewoman takes me to One Police Plaza, where I wait in a small, stale room on the eighth floor."


The Boy at the Door

Alex Dahl

"Here in Sandefjord we have everything."


A Measure of Darkness

Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman

"Three hours along, I stood at the staging area, talking to Detective Jeremy Bischoff of Oakland PD Homicide Section."


Liar, Liar

Lisa Jackson

"Didi hankered for another cigarette as she drove, but resisted the urge."


The Girl From Blind River

Gale Massey

"Jamie shielded her eyes from a gust of wind blowing down the street and crossed the dirt yard in front of her uncle’s trailer."


Bad

Chloe Esposito

"I called my mother up last week and told her that Alvie was dead."


Understudy for Death

Charles Willeford

"To Marion Huneker,” I raised my glass, “wherever she may be."


Her Pretty Face

Robyn Harding

"DJ’s sister had been missing for eleven days."


Bad Girls

Alex de Campi and Victor Santos

""Jorge, I'd marry you for a Manhattan.""


The Other Woman

Daniel Silva

"One hundred and fifty miles to the northwest, a few lazy bends along the river Danube, an exhibition featuring the works of Sir Peter Paul Rubens—painter, scholar, diplomat, spy—limped toward its melancholy conclusion."



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