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Beginning:
It was a solecism of the worst kind. He sneezed loudly, wetly, and quite unforgivably into the woman’s face.
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Page 56
People liked to say that the wrong streetsof Acton got the heat of the day and that’s why things were so different here.
My Thoughts:
If I didn’t know A Great Deliverance I would have never guessed that it was a mystery. In any regard it does have me curious as to what the book holds behind its cover.
The Book:
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1) by Elizabeth George
Goodreads
To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.
Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an axe in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry."
Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley—and in their own lives as well.
That opening cracked me up. LOL I do enjoy a good mystery.
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It had me smiling as well. Although the plot sounds much more grisly than the opening sentence.
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Oh, my, what an unpleasant event! Sneezing in someone’s face, and so “loudly, wetly, and quite unforgivably.”
Now I am curious, though. Thanks for sharing…and here’s mine: “THE GARDEN OF SMALL BEGINNINGS”
Sounds fantastic!! I love that beginning! Happy weekend!
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Ew.w.w That opening is so digusting. Ha! My Friday Quotes
Oh god–as a major germaphobe, the beginning of that book appalls me! Haha, but the book sounds really interesting! I like the subtlety of the other quote. Hope you enjoy this one!
I’ve watched the show, but I’ve never tried any of the books. 🙂
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