Tuesday, July 24, 2018

First Paragraph/Teaser Tuesday: A Double Life by Flynn Berry

Every Tuesday Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posted the first paragraph of a book she is reading or planning to read. In 2018, Vicki from I'd Rather Be at the Beach is taking over this meme.

Here's mine:
A man comes around the bend in the path. I stop short when he appears. We're alone. The heath has been quiet today, under dark snow clouds, and we're on the part of the path where the oak trees form a tunnel.

Link up here. It is very easy to play along:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.
Here's mine
He started to tell her about Eton, but part of her still expected him to say he was joking. "I'm surprised we weren't expelled," he said. "We once took all the furniture from the headmaster's room and assembled it on the lawn."
This week I am reading A Double Life by Flynn Berry. I got this eARC at Edelweiss. Here is the description from Amazon:
Claire is a hardworking doctor living a simple, quiet life in London. She is also the daughter of the most notorious murder suspect in the country, though no one knows it.

Nearly thirty years ago, while Claire and her infant brother slept upstairs, a brutal crime was committed in her family's townhouse. Her father's car was found abandoned near the English Channel the next morning, with bloodstains on the front seat. Her mother insisted she'd seen him in the house that night, but his powerful, privileged friends maintained his innocence. The first lord accused of murder in more than a century, he has been missing ever since.

When the police tell Claire they've found her father, her carefully calibrated existence begins to fracture. She doesn't know if she's the daughter of a murderer or a wronged man, but Claire will soon learn how far she'll go to finally find the truth.

13 comments:

  1. I really like the sound of this one! Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  2. This sounds so fascinating! Definitely adding to my TBR!

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  3. It definitely sounds intriguing. I'd read on. My Teaser is from an urban fantasy title.

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  4. This sounds exciting. I'll have to add it to my wishlist.

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  5. Yikes! I want to find out if he's innocent or not.

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  6. This one sounds fascinating - I hope you enjoyed it, Kathy.

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  7. Well this one sounds right up my street - I love this sort of premise and I enjoyed the style of the opening - I've requested a copy and it is going onto the wishlist to make sure I don't forget it.

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  8. Yep, I like the mystery of her missing father. Sounds great. I'm late posting today. Here it is: http://bit.ly/BlackChamber

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  9. That opening is creepy. Thanks for stopping by Girl Who Reads

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  10. I am intrigued by both the intro and the teaser.

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  11. I'm surprised, too! Awesome prank! Great teaser! Thanks for stopping by! Happy reading!

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