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He licked his lips. ‘Well, if you want my opinion-‘
‘I don’t,‘ she said. ‘I have my own.'
― Toni Morrison

The book is sitting in my pile of books to read, and I've included it because it is a notable example of the author's work. (Perhaps an early example, a change in style or a prize-winner). But I haven't read it, so I can't rate or recommend it.

The Fallen Curtain Stories

The Fallen Curtain Stories

By Ruth Rendell

Death Comes Knocking

Death Comes Knocking

By Peter James and Graham Bartlett

Host

Host

By Peter James

The Labyrinth Makers

The Labyrinth Makers

By Anthony Price

Le Roi Lézard

Le Roi Lézard

By Dominique Sylvain

Le Loup d’Hiroshima

Le Loup d’Hiroshima

By Yûko Yuzuki and Dominique Sylvain

Smoke and Whispers

Smoke and Whispers

By Mick Herron

The Blunderer

The Blunderer

By Patricia Highsmith

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

By Patricia Highsmith

Rough Trade

Rough Trade

By Dominique Manotti, Elfreda Powell (Translator) and Margaret Crosland (Translator)

Affairs of State

Affairs of State

By Dominique Manotti, Amanda Hopkinson (Translator) and Ros Schwartz (Translator)

Seventeen

Seventeen

By Hideo Yokoyama and Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

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