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Only first lines in my post this week, because I'm featuring an audiobook I just started listening to, so I didn't want to mess around with jumping ahead to 56%. It's been ages since I listened to an audiobook, because I seem to have trouble following the storyline without something visual to focus on. Weirdly, I haven't noticed I have any trouble following the thread of podcasts. Anyway, this has grabbed my attention with the interesting situation of the lead character so hopefully I can track with it!
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"You remember Gearóid, your father's first cousin from Clare?"
"Do I?"
"Ye do! Two dogs and only one eye, never married - he came around the house when you were young a couple of times."
~From the beginning of A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell
The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident.
The second time was deliberate.
Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history . . .
. . . or else they'll be history.
A Man With One of Those Faces is the first book in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit.
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That cover! A fractured man?
ReplyDeleteInteresting first lines. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently reading A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay. It's a wild ride of a story.
"Ingrid unlocked the apartment's front door and felt a cold creep up her spine."
I hope you have an excellent weekend. Happy reading! 😀❤️📚
This is one of the books I mentioned in your wrap up that I'd like to read. :-) Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteToday, I was reading Abduction in the Dark by Jenna Night. The first line is: "The knocking at the front door was unexpected." Have a great week!
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