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“Ina stood and shuffled over to the urn on the fireplace. Stroked it with a twisted finger. "How are we supposed to get more consecrated soil, now? Taxi drivers always look at you so strangely when you get in with a shovel and say, 'Take me to the nearest graveyard.”
― Stuart MacBride, Close to the Bone

tags: crone-wisdom

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“The day was dark as a lawyer's soul.”
― Stuart MacBride, Cold Granite

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“Guthrie handed him the mug, a wee pout pulling his pale face out of shape. With his semi-skimmed skin, faint ginger hair, and blond eyebrows he looked like a ghost that had been at the pies. "Milk, two sugars.”
― Stuart MacBride, Shatter The Bones

tags: hot-beverages-in-crime-fiction

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“WPC Buchan might not know much about art, but she knew what gave her the fucking willies, and these things took the hairy biscuit.”
― Stuart MacBride, Dying Light

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“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

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Tartan Noir — 14 members — last activity Jan 08, 2018 12:28PM
A group to share and discuss all things relating to Scottish crime books and authors.

Silent Book Club — 332 members — last activity Dec 14, 2019 06:42AM
Silent Book Club is happy hour for introverts. It's about taking time out of your busy schedule to simply relax and read. Members meet online and in ...more

Worldwide Mystery & Thriller — 2158 members — last activity May 28, 2026 01:33PM
The place to be if you love mysteries with an 'international' flavor. Diverse authors, here: Jo Nesbo, Carmen Amato, Henry Chang, Arnaldur Indri ...more

English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers — 2102 members — last activity 10 hours, 15 min ago
A place to discuss Scandi Crime novels, which includes novels from: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark. Whether it's Smilia from Peter Hoeg's S ...more

Litsy — 740 members — last activity Jun 09, 2024 06:19PM
A GoodReads group for people who are on Litsy to bond further outside the fantastic app, and to find each other.

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