Friday, October 21, 2022

First Line Friday #68-Portrait of Vengeance

Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link). This week I am reading Portrait of Vengeance by Carrie Stuart Parks.  

 SOMEONE HAD LEFT THE FRONT DOOR OPEN.

 Book Beginnings:

 Prologue

Kamiah, Idaho

June 1994

 SOMEONE HAD LEFT THE FRONT DOOR OPEN.

    I stopped abruptly on the front walk. I knew I'd closed and locked the door when I left to get the groceries, just like my mom, Holly, told me to.

    Holly will be in a fearful mood if she finds out. When she finds out.

    In spite of the heat beating on my bakc from the middday June sunshine, I shivered.

Synopsis (Goodreads):

An unsolved case. A tempest of memories. The future’s at stake—and time is running out...

Gwen Marcey has done a good job of keeping the pain of her past boxed up. But as she investigates the case of a missing child in Lapwai, Idaho, details keep surfacing that are eerily similar to her childhood traumas. She doesn’t believe in coincidences. So what’s going on here?

No one knows more about the impact of the past than the Nez Perce people of Lapwai. Gwen finds herself an unwelcome visitor to some, making her investigation even more difficult. The questions keep piling up, but answers are slow in coming—and the clock is ticking for a missing little girl. Meanwhile, her ex-husband back home is threatening to take sole custody of their daughter.

As Gwen’s past and present collide, she’s in a desperate race for the truth. Because only truth will ensure she still has a future.

Your turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line (or your link) in the comments! Then, click on the icons below and join the fun there too!

 

14 comments:

  1. I need to read that book and catch up on Carrie Stuart Parks!
    My first line is from the creepy good book by Jaime Jo Wright, The Premonition at Withers Farm:
    August 1910
    When death came to visit, no one ever prepared tea and cookies.
    Happy reading!

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    1. And, I need to catch up on Jamie Jo Wright ;)!

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  2. I am currently reading Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby. It's pretty awesome!
    "Anne did not stay long at the party. She was still not in quite the right mood."
    I hope you have a great weekend!

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    1. I have not heard of that book or author, thanks for sharing, Nicole!!

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  3. I'm so far behind on this author's books. This one sounds so good! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a lovely weekend! :)

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    1. Ashley, I'm not sure how behind I am, but I know I haven't read them all, yet :)

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  4. This sounds good, Cindy. I like that it's set in Idaho.

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    1. Wendy, me too and it is SO good, I am at the critical ending...

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  5. Great opening line. It would make me shiver, too.

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  6. Carrie Stuart Parks is one of my favorite suspense authors! Her plots are so unique, and I really enjoy her writing style. Hope you liked this one!

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  7. Cool cover! I've been reading The Christmas Switch by Zoey Marie Jackson. The first line is: Chanel Houston tossed her keys in her purse and reached into the back seat of her sister's 2002 Honda Civic to grab one of the boxes of books. ~ Have a great week!

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    1. Danielle, nice beginning, boxes of books are always good...unless your moving, LOL!

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