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Something in the Water

Catherine Steadman

"We woke up before sunrise this morning."


A Stone’s Throw

James W. Ziskin

". Impossible to say for sure in black and white, but the likelihood of Johnny Dornan climbing up into the saddle ever again was growing dimmer by the minute."


Island of the Mad

Laurie R. King

"Sherlock Holmes and I stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing down sadly at the tiny charred corpse."


Last Girl Gone

J. G. Hetherton

"If there was an art to running away, Patty Finch didn’t know it."


“Possessed”

Naomi Hirahara

"It was cabin time: sharing and praying. "


Sand

Wolfgang Herrndorf, translated by Tim Mohr

" Every single piece of evidence went against him, and the sum of the evidence was a death sentence."


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. "



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