Faintly, a woman’s voice drifts in. He clenches his eyelids tighter, as if to drive up the volume, but makes out only murmurs, a breakfast exchange between the woman and the man in the apartment across the hall. Until, abruptly, their door opens: her voice grows louder, the hallway floorboards creak – she is approaching. Lloyd hustles back, unlatches the window above the courtyard, and takes up a position there, gazing out over his corner of Paris. She taps on his front door. ‘Come in,’ he says. ‘No need to knock.’ And his wife enters their apartment for the first time since the night before.
Tom Rachman (2010)
{READ IN 2018}
- FEBRUARY
- 30.
- 29.
- 28.
- 27.
- 26. The Grave's a Fine & Private Place - Alan Bradley
- 25. This is What Happened - Mick Herron
- 24. London Rules - Mick Herron
- 23. The Third Eye - Ethel Lina White
- 22. Thrice the Brindled Cat Hath Mewed - Alan Bradley
- 21. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust - Alan Bradley
- 20. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - Alan Bradley
- 19. Speaking from Among the Bones - Alan Bradley
- JANUARY
- 18. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
- 17. Miss Ranskill Comes Home - Barbara Euphan Todd
- 16. The Long Arm of the Law - Martin Edwards (ed.)
- 15. Nobody Walks - Mick Herron
- 14. The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith
- 13. Portrait of a Murderer - Anthony Gilbert
- 12. Murder is a Waiting Game - Anthony Gilbert
- 11. Tenant for the Tomb - Anthony Gilbert
- 10. Death Wears a Mask - Anthony Gilbert
- 9. Night Encounter - Anthony Gilbert
- 8. The Visitor - Anthony Gilbert
- 7. The Looking Glass Murder - Anthony Gilbert
- 6. The Voice - Anthony Gilbert
- 5. The Fingerprint - Anthony Gilbert
- 4. Ring for a Noose - Anthony Gilbert
- 3. No Dust in the Attic - Anthony Gilbert
- 2. Uncertain Death - Anthony Gilbert
- 1. She Shall Died - Anthony Gilbert
