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A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water.
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Art restorer, spy, and assassin Gabriel Allon took his place on the wooden bench...
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva
I heard the mailman approach my office door...
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
The war had been over for five years, and still Darius stared out the window, waiting for his father to come home.
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
In Switzerland, a young woman named Kate shows up at Interpol with a list of the world's most dangerous criminals.
Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
The assassin slipped into the building unnoticed...
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
The house in which I was born stood on the banks of the Hooghly River.
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The terrorist leader had the president on his knees...
Term Limits by Vince Flynn
The courtroom verdict came as a surprise...
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
The explosion was of such force that it set off seismographs at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center...
The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
When the sleeper wakes among the stars, the use of years shall be his to tell.
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
Jason Bourne was morose.
The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader
I was arrested in Eno's Diner.
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
1984 by George Orwell
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The boy watched the screaming man fall until he was out of sight.
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
She lay on her big brass bed in Room 1109 of the Hotel Buckminster...
A Faint Cold Fear by Robert Daley
He was the best at what he did and what he did was that he stole things.
The Thomas Crown Affair by John P. McDonald
It was a silence of three parts.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The President is dead.
Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
The weather report said it was going to be a clear and sunny day, but then, they never got it right...
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
A freezing wind blew through the streets of the city, and overhead the stars shone indifferent to the fate that awaited me.
The Night Manager by John le Carré
The chateau had become as quiet as the grave that was about to swallow it whole.
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
The bomb appeared early one morning in an upstairs office of an elementary school.
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
My name is Nick Dunne. The day before I was reading my wife's diary.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
In all the years that Erika Foster had been with the Metropolitan Police, she had never seen a case like this one.
The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza
The waves rolled in and the beach went black, but I wasn't watching them.
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The rats heard the noise and hurried back into the shadowy corners of the warehouse.
Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
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