Six for Sunday ~ 14-7-2024: Seaside Covers
Cover Reveal ~ The Time of Fire by Emma Kavanagh
Weekly Quote for Week-20 2024 ~ The Maid by Nita Prose
“It’s easier than you’d ever think—existing in plain sight while remaining largely invisible. That’s what I’ve learned from being a maid. You can be so important, so crucial to the fabric of things and yet be entirely overlooked. It’s a truth that applies to maids, and to others as well, so it seems. It’s a truth that cuts close to the bone.”
Friday’s Page 69 ~ Murder Road by Simone St. James
“A problem?” I said as Eddie came toward us across the living room.
Rose gave me a look like I was stupid. “Well, let’s see. You got Rhonda Jean dead in your car, Detective Quentin thinks you’re a murderer, and whoever killed that girl knows you picked her up. I’d call that a problem, wouldn’t you?” She leaned back in her chair. “I seem to remember the police took your car away. Right?”
Eddie was standing next to my chair now. He put his hand on the back of it. You told her, that gesture said.
“Yeah,” he said to Rose. “They took our car.”
“I thought so. You need to figure your way out of this.” She picked up the bowl and held it out to Eddie. “Want a chip? I’m going to lend you Robbie’s car.
Cover Reveal ~ Baby Teeth by Celia Silvani
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha Mabry
All the early mornings look like this: The distant hills are shrouded by a dull grey murk. The trees are frozen in their stark stances. The sky is so thick and ash-coloured that it’s impossible to tell what kind of birds soar silently by until they let out their small, distinguishable cries. When the sun finally hauls itself up and over the zigzag horizon, its wak light is tissue-paper pink.
Is this beautiful or not?
Monday’s First Sentence ~ Murder Road by Simone St. James
That July night seemed full of possibility, with the empty highway stretching out before us.
