“The sea was black as ink and the small fishing boat, travelling under a loose sail, moved slowly across its glass-flat calm.”
Tag: Adult Fiction
The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick
“I am suddenly aware of the space of the house; the air it occupies and which occupies it, of the hanging weight of it, high up here at five thousand feet, and the empty night rising out of the ground as dusk arrives in the mountains.”
The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
“Poirot removed his hat and coat with less care than he usually took, and handed both to George. ‘It is not a pleasant thing, to be accused of something one has not done…’ “
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
“‘Ryan’, she heard herself say. It wasn’t – the boy didn’t even look that much like her son. But he was about the same age, the same build, and just for a second her imagination superimposed her son’s face over the face of this stranger.”
Killing It by Asia Mackay
“I pull my pistol out of my striped Cath Kidston nappy bag. A half-eaten rice cake is stuck to the barrel. Fabulous.”