{"quotes":[{"text":"Emilia typed in her password and checked her inbox. A review by the Secretariat de Gobernación of drug cartel activities across Mexico. A report of a robbery in Acapulco’s poorest barrio neighborhood that would probably never be investigated. Notice of a reward for a child kidnapped in Ixtapa who was almost certainly dead by now. Her phone rang. It was the desk sergeant saying that a Señor Rooker wished to see her. Emilia avoided Rico’s eye as she said, yes, the sergeant could let el señor pass into the detectives’ area.A minute later Rucker was standing by her desk, sweat beaded on his forehead. The starched collar of his shirt was damp. “There’s a head,” he said breathlessly. “Someone’s head in a bucket on the hood of my car.","author":"Carmen Amato","tags":["crime-fiction","mexico","mexico-drug-war","mystery"],"id":9277,"author_id":"Carmen+Amato"},{"text":"I ought to warn you, dear, he can get rather wild when he’s hungry.","author":"Wilkie Martin","tags":["crime-fiction","fantasy-fiction","humor-books"],"id":9470,"author_id":"Wilkie+Martin"},{"text":"Life, like that water droplet, is everlasting and imperishable. There is only a transition, never an end !","author":"Rajib Mukherjee","tags":["archaeology","conspiracy","crime-fiction","dark","historical-fiction","murder","mystery","thriller"],"id":17510,"author_id":"Rajib+Mukherjee"},{"text":"Eventually everyone dies, but death, in various forms and ways, still comes as a shock. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Or they consign you to flames. The flesh sizzles and the bones crackle. Be grateful it happens in that order.","author":"Mahendra Jakhar","tags":["action","adventure","astrology","benares","christianity","crime-fiction","detective-fiction","hinduism","india","murder-mystery","mystery-and-thriller-books","mystery-suspense","serial-killers","spirituality","thrillers","travel","vatican"],"id":20478,"author_id":"Mahendra+Jakhar"},{"text":"...We were pulling into the next station, when the woman suddenly got to her feet and made a move to squeeze past me. As her knees made contact with mine, she turned towards me. Her eyes locked straight onto mine, her eyelids pinned back, with a look I could only describe as sheer dread. In the next second, deep tram-lines formed between her eyebrows and her expression shifted. It was as if she was silently imploring me, entreating me. To do what? I had no idea. I was immobile, her gaze pressing me into my seat by some centrifugal force and I held her stare, unsure of how to react. Just as swiftly, she dropped her eyes and the moment passed. With one final glance behind her, she was swallowed up in the bodies at the door. She was getting off. Something wasn’t right.","author":"A.J. Waines","tags":["contemporary-fiction","crime-fiction","mystery","psychological-thriller","strong-female-lead","suspense","women-"],"id":22705,"author_id":"A.J.+Waines"},{"text":"This wasn't the last of it. Now that Finia was carrying his baby, they would be together forever, whether she liked it or not.","author":"Yawatta Hosby","tags":["crime-fiction","obsession","suspense"],"id":28511,"author_id":"Yawatta+Hosby"},{"text":"Listen, we got two stiffs and a river of red in a villa in Herne Bay...","author":"Rhys Chamberlain","tags":["crime","crime-fiction","emotion","thriller","thrillers"],"id":33812,"author_id":"Rhys+Chamberlain"},{"text":"Surprised huh, thought you had me back in prison didn’t you? To answer your question what keeps me alive is my drive, my drive to kill you! I have nothing, but hate for you and your family. It will be my pleasure taking you out. I don’t care about power, plutonium or even being rich. None of that matters to me. I only care about taking you out. Even if I die I want to be the one who is called the killer of Angel Medina! There’s no where for you to go. Now we will truly see who is better! Come on put up you hands and prepare for your final battle of your life! - Orlando from Framed: The Second Book of the Thousand Years War.","author":"Angel Ramon Medina","tags":["crime-fiction","criminal-minds","evil","hate","major","science-fiction","suspense-novel","suspense-thriller"],"id":36252,"author_id":"Angel+Ramon+Medina"},{"text":"Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed onto the floor in a fetal position, the letter in shreds around her. The room had grown dark. Like a gentle snowfall, the cold mantle of an unbearable silence descended.","author":"V.S. Kemanis","tags":["crime-fiction","suspense"],"id":52096,"author_id":"V.S.+Kemanis"},{"text":"The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought.","author":"Sara Sheridan","tags":["aristocracy","crime-fiction","detective","funny","humour","mirabellebevan","mystery","sara-sheridan"],"id":70711,"author_id":"Sara+Sheridan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":92,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}