Fatal Chapters ~ Reader Friday

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Fatal Chapters by Ruth Douthitt is this week’s Reader Friday! Here’s the first line: New Year’s Eve, 2022 Desert Hills, outside of Butte, AZ Sheriff’s Detective Liam Harper bundled up in his thick winter coat, anticipating the icy chill of the dead body before him would match the icy cold desert hill on that early December evening. But first the …

Rescued ~ Reader Friday

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Rescued by Jerusha Agen is this week’s Reader Friday blog. Oh, my goodness. This fast-paced book will keep you reading way into the night! It’s one of five in the anthology, Cold Escape, that you won’t want to miss! Here are the first few lines: The screaming blare sought her in the darkness. A smoke detector? The children. The thought …

Specters in the Glass House ~ Reader Friday

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Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Mullerian Manor. The countryside near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1921–1 year into Prohibition. Death had always been fashionable. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo during an afternoon walk in my neighborhood and the verse in Lamentations was one I read …

The Case of the Stolen Memories ~ Reader Friday

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The Case of the Stolen Memories by Deborah Sprinkle is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: A voice inside whispered for her to turn around and go back home. But first the photo and verse. Both are from Delores Topliff. The photo is of the moon over the Irish Sea…I know that was a sight to behold. And the …

When Memory Whispers ~ Reader Friday

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When Memory Whispers by Johnnie Alexander is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line of a story I’ve loved since reading it when Johnnie and I were critique partners: “August 1997 ~ Winter Park, Florida Beneath the brim of her black felt hat, Annalee Gilbert stared at the newly engraved granite stone.” But first the photo and verse. I …

Once Upon a Wardrobe ~ Reader Friday

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Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line of this Ama-zing book! December 1950 Worcestershire, England George Henry Devonshire is only eight years old and he already knows the truth. Oh, my goodness this is one good book! I’ll definitely be reading Patti Callahan’s other books. But now the photo and verse. …