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Twisted Prey

John Sandford

"Above them, in the trees, a man had been watching with binoculars."


The House Swap

Rebecca Fleet

"The key slides and turns in the lock, as smooth and slippery as a silverfish."


Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell

"Between the day in May 2005 that Ellie had failed to come home and exactly two minutes ago there had been not one substantial lead regarding her disappearance. Not one."


A Handful of Ashes

Rob McCarthy

"The voice, female and distinctly Geordie, sounded far too happy for the early hour of the morning."


The Trouble Makers

Celia Fremlin

"Sometimes Katharine felt the evening rush hour to be an almost tranquil thing."


Noir

Christopher Moore

"“Dog pizza,” said Sal, first thing when I walked in. He was wearing a black apron, a bow tie, and a white shirt with garters on the sleeves, looking like the type of bartender who gets shot in westerns."


A Perfect Shot

Robin Yocum

"Tony DeMarco made a handsome living selling drugs, breaking bones, and, when the opportunity pre­sented itself, sending a .22-caliber bullet ricocheting off the inside of a mark’s skull."


Colonel Sun

Kingsley Amis

"In the course of his career, James Bond had been held up and threatened in this sort of way literally dozens of times—often, as now, by a total stranger."


Warning Light

David Ricciardi

"The veteran controller had worked planes with communications trouble, aircraft that had strayed off course, and even emergencies, but no one had ever disobeyed an instruction before."


The Awkward Squad

Sophie Hénaff

"Your new post takes effect in September. You’ll be heading up a new squad."



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