Thursday, March 31, 2016

Book Beginning: Payment in Blood



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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING



MY BOOK BEGINNING



Gowan Kilbride, aged sixteen, had never been much for early rising.

-- Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George. That's not much of a first sentence. It picks up from there.

This is the second book in her Inspector Lynley series. I'm reading it for the Vintage Mystery Challenge.

11 comments:

  1. I don't know what to think with a beginning like that. I hope it gets better :)

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  2. I have been meaning to read this author. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Sounds like me at 16 too... lol

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  4. One of my very good friends keeps recommending Elizabeth George to me. I will have to start - this series looks like a good place to begin.

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  5. The opening sentence isn't much to write home about by the plot sounds very interesting, I hope you are enjoying it!

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  6. Sounds like me most days, when I work late nights...

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  7. Yes, I'd say that first sentence is not much of a teaser.

    My TTT

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  8. The title is a good teaser though.
    sherry @ fundinmental <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/friday-56-78-bb-54-ten-big-ones-janetevanovich/”> Friday Memes</a>

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  9. Not an exciting first sentence. My choice on my blog is Vendetta by Michael Dibdin.

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  10. I will have to try another Elizabeth George book.

    I wasn't too thrilled with one I read a long time ago.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Book Beginnings

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  11. I don't know if I've ever read anything by Elizabeth George....I'll have to check. It's an okay beginning for a mystery though.

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