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Hurst was implying - as he always did - that this was none of Violet's business, and she knew that it really wasn't, but obtaining justice for the dead had undeniably become a passion of hers over the past year. Particularly when the dead were so maltreated.
~from 56% on my Kindle version of The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, and Christine Trent
A stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time wreaking havoc from one owner to another. As the hours and years pass, the characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing a key role in breaking the curse and destroying the watch once and for all.
From 1733 Italy to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in 1870 London, and a lethal game of revenge decades later, the watch touches lives with misfortune, until it comes into the reach of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good . . .
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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February 10, 1733
He never would tire of watching her sleep.
In his boyhood, when he'd still believed in such things, he'd imagined what angels must look like. To his eyes, awake or asleep, that was how Mary looked. Like an angel. His angel.
~From the beginning of The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, and Christine Trent
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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Now I am curious! Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “BRAVE GIRL, QUIET GIRL”
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting! Here is my link: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/10/first-line-friday-19-you-belong-with-me.html
ReplyDeleteHow is the book set up? Does each author collaborate with the others or do they each write separate chapters?
ReplyDeleteeach author contributed a novella to the anthology
DeleteSounds like a creeptastic read!! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis weekend, I'm reading Night Prey by Susan Sleeman. The first line is: "Just the sight of this man curled Malone’s stomach and sent a bead of sweat down her back." And I posted the first line from The Heart of a Cowboy by Jody Hedlund: https://daniellegrandinetti.com/2021/10/01/first-line-friday-the-heart-of-a-cowboy/
ReplyDeleteMy first lines are by Jenny Knipfer and Under the Weeping Willows:
ReplyDeleteEnid June 1983
I rub my hand over my mother’s words. My throat clenches, and I hiccup, forcing back a sob. A tear lands on the lined page of the diary with a splat.
Happy reading!