Friday, July 22, 2016

Friday Memes: City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong

Happy Friday everybody!
Book Beginnings on Friday is now hosted by Rose City ReaderThe Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Beginning:
"I killed a man," I say to my new therapist.
Friday 56:
"No." I walk to him, and I put my hands around his neck, and I kiss him, and I pour everything I'm feeling into that kiss, everything I can't say.
This week I am spotlighting City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong. Here is the description from Amazon:
Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband. When Diana's husband finds her, and Casey herself is attacked shortly after, Casey knows it's time for the two of them to disappear again.

Diana has heard of a town made for people like her, a town that takes in people on the run who want to shed their old lives. You must apply to live in Rockton and if you're accepted, it means walking away entirely from your old life, and living off the grid in the wilds of Canada: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, no computers, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council's approval. As a murderer, Casey isn't a good candidate, but she has something they want: She's a homicide detective, and Rockton has just had its first real murder. She and Diana are in. However, soon after arriving, Casey realizes that the identity of a murderer isn't the only secret Rockton is hiding―in fact, she starts to wonder if she and Diana might be in even more danger in Rockton than they were in their old lives.

An edgy, gripping crime novel from bestselling urban fantasy writer Kelley Armstrong, City of the Lost boldly announces a major new player in the crime fiction world.

15 comments:

  1. I LOVE that first line. This one is new to me but looks like a good one.

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  2. I really want to read this one! Kelley Armstrong is an author I've been hearing so much about and this one especially appeals to me.

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  3. Wow, I love the idea of going off the grid...sometimes. At least reading about it would be fun. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.

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  4. This looks like a good one. Enjoy!

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  5. These excerpts are fantastic - well picked. Thanks for sharing and for visiting me today.

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  6. Wow. Starting with a confessional. Strong beginning.

    My Friday Quotes

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  7. So intriguing!! Is the guy she's making out with the one who is killed?! Oh, boy, it sounds good!! Happy weekend!

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  8. This sounds interesting. Have a nice weekend.

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  9. This sounds really good. I've added it to my TBR list. Enjoy!

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  10. I really want to read this book - I've had it on my list for a while but just haven't gotten to it yet. Here's my Friday meme

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  11. What an interesting book. Another for my TBR pile.

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  12. Oooh, I'll definitely read this. Thanks for a great recommendation. AND for stopping by at Mareli Thalk ink! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

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  13. Wow, I want to know what happens next. That's quite the beginning!

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