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Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code

First: Renowned curator Jacques Sauniure staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.

Last: For a moment, he thought he heard a woman's voice... the wisdom of the ages... whispering up from the chasms of the earth.

Ian Fleming. Dr. No

First: Punctually at six o'clock the sun set with a last yellow flash behind the Blue Mountains, a wave of violet shadow poured down Richmond Road, and the crickets and tree frogs in the fine gardens began to zing and tinkle.

Last: "Do as you're told."

John Fowles. The Collector

First: When she was home from her boarding-school I used to see her almost every day sometimes, because their house was right opposite the Town Hall Annexe.

Last: I only put the stove down there today because the room needs drying out anyway.

Fyodor Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment

First: On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.

Last: That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended.