Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
The Dog Walker – Book 5 of The Detective’s Daughter series by Lesley Thomson
30% Dad wasn’t a murderer!’. Suzie’s disparagements of Terry hadn’t lessened with his death, but she’d never gone this far. ‘He was a detective.’
‘Murderers and detectives are two sides of a coin,’ Suzie said sagely.
Stella felt, as she often did around her mum, overwhelmed by a rolling fog.
BLURB: January, 1987. In the depths of winter, only joggers and dog walkers brave the Thames towpath after dark. Helen Honeysett, a young newlywed, sets off for an evening run from her riverside cottage and disappears.
Twenty-nine years later, Helen’s body has never been found. Her husband has asked Stella Darnell, a private detective, and her side-kick Jack Harmon, to find out what happened all those years ago. But when the five households on that desolate stretch of towpath refuse to give up their secrets, Stella and Jack find themselves hunting a killer whose trail has long gone cold.
About a third of the into this cold case murder mystery, once more I’m struck by the sheer class of Thomson’s writing. I love this atmospheric, quirky read with the dual timeline, giving us a present-day insight into Stella and Jack’s lives and the events that led to Helen’s disappearance. This is one I’m both trying to spin out because of the sheer reading pleasure – while wanting to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next…
I feel like I’ve read so many murder mysteries and thrillers recently that I need a break but this does sound really good. I may add to my TBR and keep it in mind when I’m back in the mood for one.
I love her style and the angle she comes from – it’s really quirky and heavily features London as the setting.
And – the Kindle edition is on special offer at Amazon UK for 99p…
This one sounds really good.
My teaser for this week is https://collinesblog.com/2017/06/06/the-magdalen-girls-by-v-s-alexander/
Oh it is, Colline – if you are looking for something a bit quirky and different – and it happens to be on special offer on Amazon at present.
I’m always drawn to this genre, and I enjoy cold cases. I should check out this series.
My TT from Of Beast And Beauty
I think you’d like this one, Laura. I loved the tease from Of Beast and Beauty by the way:)
Sounds like a book I’d enjoy. I haven’t read anything by that author yet. My teaser this week is from a cozy mystery – Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance. Happy reading!
She is certainly a quirky writer with a style all of her own. This is more of your steady dripfeed of facts in amongst plenty of details of the protagonists’ daily life, rather than lots of action, but I love her clever approach and wonderful descriptions.
This sounds really good! Its been a while since I took a break from SFF to read a good mystery, maybe its time:-)
It is a real treat. And it is one of those that you don’t need to read all of the series to make sense of what is going on, either. Though there is a really interesting backstory that is worth checking out:)). Yes – crime is my go-to genre when I need a break from starscapes and magic, too!
You had me at the setting and the interesting dialogue in the teaser…and I love mysteries that involve cold cases. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “SYCAMORE”
Yes – cold case mysteries and historical whodunits tend to be my go-to genre when I’m all spaced and magicked out…
This is a new to me title, but I like the sound of the book.
It’s a great read – thank you for popping in:)
This sounds like a book for me! I love PI books and missing persons cases. That teaser is intriguing. Suzie sounds like a challenging person to deal with.
This really is a classy series – I love the writing style. Slow-burn and packed with detail…
I like the idea of the dual timelines. Glad you’re enjoying it! I love a good mystery. My Teaser is from a book of humorous essays this week.
I’m still chuckling at that quote regarding Nancy Drew versus Harry Potter… Yes – Thomson tends to run dual timelines in all her books, which I really enjoy, given she’s a very able writer.
Ooh intriguing teaser!! The Mystery I’m reading is definitely getting chilling as well! Thanks for visiting my blog!
You’re welcome:). This one is also getting moodier and more atmospheric…
I look forward to your review of this one – I enjoy throwing in he odd murder mystery to shake things up a little.
Lynn 😀
I’m aware she isn’t everyone’s taste – but I love her atmospheric writing style and the way she gets under the skin of her characters.
Sorry I’m late! This one sounds great though! Thank you for sharing! And, thank you for visiting my blog too! 🙂
That’s fine, Gabby – we all have days like that… Yes, it’s a really enjoyable read.