Death does not suit me. I wear it like a borrowed coat; it slips of my shoulders and trails in the dirt. It is ill-fitting. Uncomfortable. I want to shrug it of ; to throw it in the cupboard and take back my well-tailored clothes. I didn’t want to leave my old life, but I’m […]
The man behind me is standing close enough to moisten the skin on my neck with his breath. I move my feet forward an inch and press myself into a grey overcoat that smells of wet dog. It feels as if it hasn’t stopped raining since the start of November, and a light steam rises […]
Leila looks around the courtroom. Only the handful of press given permission to attend are moving, their pens making swift marks in shorthand, recording every word the judge speaks. Everyone else is quite still—watching, waiting—and Leila has the strange sensation of being frozen in time, that they might all wake, a year from now, and […]
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson
The Rise of Kyoshi – F.C. Yee
Emma in the Night – Wendy Walker
One of Us is Next – Karen M. McManus
War of the Dragon – Jessica Drake
The Beast Is an Animal – Peternelle van Arsdale
Peter Darling – Austin Chant
Before She Was Found – Heather Gudenkauf
Shadow and Bone – Leigh Bardugo
Bulfinch’s Mythology – Thomas Bulfinch
Labyrinth – Catherine Coulter
Zara’s Zephyr – Janelle Daniels
The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner
The Cheater’s Game – C.J. Archer
Gentle Warrior – Julie Garwood
The Road through Rushbury – Martha Keyes
You’re the Earl That I Want – Kelly Bowen
Behind Every Lie – Christina McDonald
Naked in Death – J.D. Robb