Friday Fun - The Friday 56 and First Lines for January 21, 2022

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I straightened in surprise.

"I don't mean to imply he's a thief," he hastened to explain. "At least, of anything more than a woman's virtue. But . . . he's taken things before."

I hesitated to say the words, but the question had to be asked. "You mean the dagger?"

~at 56% in A Brush with Shadows (A Lady Darby Mystery) by Anna Lee Huber 

Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera . . .

July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor. Though he has shared little with his wife, Lady Kiera Darby, about his past, she knows that he planned never to return to the place of so many unhappy childhood memories. But when an urgent letter from his grandfather reaches them in Dublin, Ireland, and begs Gage to visit, Kiera convinces him to go.

All is not well at Langstone Manor. Gage's grandfather, the Viscount Tavistock, is gravely ill, and Gage's cousin Alfred has suddenly vanished. He wandered out into the moors and never returned. The Viscount is convinced someone or something other than the natural hazards of the moors is to blame for Alfred's disappearance. And when Alfred's brother Rory goes missing, Kiera and Gage must concede he may be right. Now, they must face the ghosts of Gage's past, discover the truth behind the local superstitions, and see beyond the tricks being played by their very own eyes to expose what has happened to Gage's family before the moors claim yet another victim . . .

The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your e-reader.

*Find a snippet, short and sweet.

*Post it, and share in the Linky.

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The devil's boots don't creak.

-SCOTTISH PROVERB

JULY 1831

DARTMOOR, ENGLAND

The first time I laid eyes on Langstone Manor, I could not blame my husband for having stayed away for over fifteen years.

~From the beginning of A Brush with Shadows (A Lady Darby Mystery)

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by Rose City Reader.

*It's Book Beginnings on Fridays! Time to gather with our fellow book lovers and share the opening sentence (or so) of the books we are reading this week. Or share from a book that is on your mind right now -- whatever catches your fancy.

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*Share the first line or two of the book closest to you, then visit other FLF participants.

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