Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the opening paragraph (sometime two) of a book she decided to read based on the opening. Feel free to grab the banner and play along.
This week I have chosen my first paragraph from The Killer On The Wall by Emma Kavanagh an author whose books Falling and Hidden both wowed me!
Blurb
The first body comes as a shock
The second brings horror
The third signals the beginning of a nightmare
When fifteen-year-old Isla Bell finds three bodies propped against Hadrian’s Wall, her whole world falls apart. In such a close-knit community, everyone knows the victims, and the man who did it.
Twenty years on and Isla has dedicated her life to forensic psychology; studying the brains of serial killers, and even coming face to face with the convicted murderer who turned her world upside down. She is safe after all, with him behind bars.
Then another body appears against the Wall.
And another.
As the nightmare returns and the body count rises, everyone in town is a suspect.
Who is the Killer on the Wall? NetGalley
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First Chapter ~ First Paragraph ~ Intro
1
22 July, 1996
It began with the bodies.
They had been seated, backs propped up against the tumble down stones of Hadrian’s Wall, faces a bitter white. Their heads were tilted forwards, their jaws grazing their sternums. You might have thought they were sleeping. But there was the colour of them, the rigid emptiness of them, the first shadowy scent of decomposition riding on the promising day to come.
Fifteen year old Isla Bell felt the ground sway beneath her, the village and the moors retreating far far away, so that it was just her and the dead.
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A fairly grim opening I think you’ll agree but what do you think? Would you keep reading?
I have just finished Emma Kavanagh’s book The Missing Hours and was greatly impressed by it. This new release will definitely go on the list.
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I loved both the books I read by this author although they were very different to each other (if that makes sense) and I’m looking forward to reading this one.
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Ooh. This is on my NetGalley tbr pile. Got me really intrigued now.
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🙂
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I have never read anything else by the author but I requested an ARC of this book based on the blurb and cover. The opening paragraph sounds dark but I am definitely intrigued. Thanks for sharing!
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I’m very intrigued too and her previous books were great so I think we are both in for a treat!
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I like that opening. Definitely sounds like my kind of read.
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Excellent news 🙂
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I think I would!
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🙂
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I have this to read as well and am rather excited about it…so a big YES from me on this one.
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Yay 😀
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This certainly gets the attention right away, Cleo! And I do like the setting. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and I look forward to your review of it.
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Thank you Margot 🙂
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You’re right, very grim but I’d keep reading:)
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I think this unofficial poll shows that on the whole we are a grim lot (in a good way of course!)
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I’ve been meaning to read this author….this one does sound grim, but riveting. Thanks for sharing….and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!
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Doesn’t it just?
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I must say I’ve been intrigued by this one, just because the image of the bodies propped up along the wall is so good. Will have to wait for your verdict though…
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It does sound very good and I can’t wait to find out more!
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That intro sure got my attention, I’d read more.
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Excellent news 😊
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I am unfamiliar with the author, but was hooked after reading the intro.
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Haha these first paragraphs can really draw you in quite fast, can’t they?
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You are right, it is grim, but it definitely caught my attention. I would keep reading. Sounds like it could be a nail-biter.
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Yes it does – I can’t wait to find out more!
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Grim indeed but so intriguing! I’d keep reading!
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Isn’t it a compelling opening?
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Brilliantly so!
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I would definitely keep reading! Man, this book shortage apocalypse is going to be a breeze! 😄
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Well that made me snort my coffee!!
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I would definitely keep reading! In fact I’m going to go look for this book now as it is set close to me by the sounds of it (depending on which end of Hadrian’s Wall 😂)
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Oh wow even better, perhaps it can feature on Put A Book on the Map?
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You betcha I’d keep reading. I want to read it right now!
My TT from The Secret Hour
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Haha thank you for visiting 🙂
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I read this after being hooked by the blurb. Loved most of the book but was expecting more. I’m looking forward to seeing other reviews.
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Yes, I’d keep going. It is a little grim, but I love good mysteries. The girl on the moors also convinced me.
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The author doesn’t mess around. Oh boy, I saw this article in my feed where this village found the body of a fellow farmer in a python from the way his boots were shaped. They sliced open the snake and the man’s body (face down thank goodness) was like a stiff board in a slimy substance. Man, my brain was burning after that.
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I would totally keep reading! I kind of like that type of opening for mysteries. It grabs you right away.
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com
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Grim, yes, but it makes me want to read more!
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