“Murdered!” said John Tyler. “General Harrison was not murdered! The very idea is absurd!” (p25)

“I recognize that ring,” she said, pointing to an exposed finger. “This is Frank! This is my husband!” (p50)

Die Like A Hero: A Josiah Beede Mystery by Clyde Linsley

“Before he could react, there was a movement behind him and a stunning blow at the base of his skull.” (p17)

“Boy, as far as I can see, you picked the only genuinely ugly building in Heidelberg.” (p31)

Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins

“The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.”

First line of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness“