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The Pharaoh Key

Preston & Child

"Gideon Crew sat in the fourteenth-floor waiting room of Lewis Conrad, MD, restlessly drumming the tips of his left fingers against the back of his right wrist, waiting to find out whether he would live or die."


Coffee Stain

Olivia Maia

"Black coffee: pure, strong, thick."


Can You Hear Me?

Elena Varvello, Translated by Alex Valente

"In August of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods."


The Sword of Justice

Lief G. W. Persson, Translated by Neil Smith

"It was Monday 3 June, but even though it was a Monday and he had been woken in the middle of the night, Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström would always think of it as the best day of his life. "


“Withhold the Dawn”

Richie Narvaez

"Gladys Gutierrez hated the IRS."


The Shadow Killer

Arnaldur Indridason

"The woman who found the body was a widow of around fifty called Ólafía."


The Good Son

You-jeong Jeong

"The smell of blood woke me."


The Dante Chamber

Matthew Pearl

"He would not be long for this world."


Cult X

Fuminori Nakamura

"The wind began to blow gently, causing the windows of the sitting room to rattle as if in pain."


The Odds

Amelia Gray

"At dinner, she ordered the meat loaf smothered in gravy with a side of sliced bologna and turtle cheesecake and ate it all grimly."



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