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First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock

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Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock, two kids standing in the sea at night with the moon shining on the sea
The pale painted boards of the deckchair hut shone through the scribbles of snow falling on the shore. Something else showed through too, something grey, drifting in and out in the surf.
Only the sea crows saw it.
The Christmas trees leaning from the buildings became brighter, the amusement arcade music became louder and a single dog walker stopped and peered towards the unfamiliar object caught in the tide.
She paused, and eventually, her dog at her side, walked over the shingle and stopped. She examined the thing at her feet.
She’d taken it for a bird, but it wasn’t a bird.
What she’d thought were seagull wings was a grey hoody with white sleeves.
And, lit by the pretty lamps behind her, was a body, drifting in and out, in and out.