First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page.
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first.
- Finally… reveal the book!
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Happy Friday readers!
This month I’ve been returning to one of my favorite genres, THRILLERS, and I’m absolutely loving it. My backlist has been filling up with all the thrillers I’ve wanted to read, so I’m excited to finally be working on knocking a few of them out. This particular book has been sitting in my Kindle since sometime last year and it starts off with a great first page, which you’ll read below. It’s part of a three book series that’s all available to read in Kindle Unlimited, so you can start it anytime!
What genre do you love but maybe don’t read as often as you’d like?
Leave a comment and let me know!
Now onto FIRST LINES FRIDAY!
Shouting outside of the park office captured Emily Davis’ attention. She opened the front door. They didn’t officially open the visitor center for another two hours, but she wanted to see what the commotion was about.
A skinny scruffy looking guy with a beard and a see-through white tank top stood by the visitor center sign. “What’s DCNR stand for?”
“It tells you on the sign,” a heavyset blond girl answered. “Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.”
“Do ya think this is the pace to report Sue missing?”
DCNR Ranger Emily Davis cleared her throat and introduced herself. “I’m Ranger Davis. Maybe you should come inside.” She held the door for the group.
As they brushed past her on their way into the building, the pungent odor of stale beer filled her nostrils.
When they were all inside, she listened to their story and gaped at the group. “You’re telling me your friend left her campsite at six o’clock last night and never returned, and you’re only now reporting her missing?”
First Lines Friday reveal…….
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Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some killers never stop.
When DCNR Ranger Emily Davis discovers a human skull buried in the Pennsylvania wilderness, she unwittingly exposes a decades-old crime and a serial killer who has been using her park as a dumping ground. As more remains are uncovered, one set is traced to a long-forgotten cold case involving a missing judge, a mystery that now appears to be just one piece of a disturbing pattern. Clues suggest the judge’s disappearance is connected to several other missing persons cases—each one pointing to a predator who has gone undetected for years.
State Police Sergeant Wade Brunner has spent years chasing justice, but this case is personal. Not only is Emily the woman he never stopped loving, but working alongside her stirs memories of the one case that still haunts them both—Emily’s missing sister, Nora. While her disappearance remains separate from the murders, every uncovered body forces Emily to relive the trauma of losing her sister.
As they work to unravel the threads of a case spanning years and victims, Wade and Emily must confront their past, their faith, and a relentless killer who has no intention of stopping.
But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Someone is watching. Someone is hunting. And Emily may be the next to vanish.
For fans of Colleen Coble, Lisa Phillips, and Susan May Warren, Grave Pursuits is a riveting Christian suspense novel where past sins refuse to stay buried, and faith is the only thing standing between justice and death.
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