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“If the Agency could become a container for something neither Anna nor Mary had known before: a family. Now, without Caroline depending on her, Anna was alone. It did not taste good. There were voices inside: I am risking everything; I could lose everything.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: action, detective, fiction, fiction-novel, murder, realistic, thriller

470 likes

“As I reached the door, the constable said, “Good luck in Canada, son.” For a second I expected his voice to morph into Uncle Sid’s as he urged me to give his love to Rose Marie and the Mounties.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

tags: childhood-memories, fiction, happiness, hardship, home, life, loss, memories, pain, sadness

115 likes

“Yet something nagged at me. It is impossible, of course, to completely know another person; we are, in the end, prisoners of our own minds.”
― Justin Cronin, The Ferryman

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“And believe it or not, we did end up going to the bottom of the ocean, just not for the reasons I had wanted to go there in the first place.”
― Steven Decker, Addicted to Time

tags: action, dark, fascinating, fast-paced, fear, gripping, love, mysterious, mystery, rules

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“He always was a stubborn mule. But who would actually kill him over vegetables? It just doesn’t add up.”
― Stella Sinclaire, Fertile Ground for Murder