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:
Death Shall Come: A Country House Murder Mystery – Book 4 of the Ishmael Jones series by Simon R. Green
43% We made our way quickly back to the drawing room, keeping a watchful eye on evey closed door 
and sudden side turning. The heavy hush seemed to swallow up the sound of our footsteps. It felt like walking through the depths of a forest at midnight while some predator watched from the darkest part of the woods. There was no walking mummy. I knew that, I just wasn’t sure I believed it.
BLURB: Death shall come on swift wings to whoever desecrates this tomb …
Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world’s largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan’s latest acquisition: a bone fide Egyptian mummy.
When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy’s curse is to blame. Instead he sets out to uncover the human killer responsible. But how can Ishmael explain the strange, shuffling footsteps that creep along the corridors? Who is playing games with them … and why?
I have read a run of sci fi/fantasy murder mysteries recently – and they have all been a blast. This one is no exception. I enjoy Ishmael’s quirky character – and there is a strong reason for his different take on everything around him. So far this is a classic locked-room mystery with a rich, powerful family who are all very grumpy at what is happening in their very isolated rather creepy house – what fun!
Ooh, creepy/scary! You had me at “remote country house,” which elevates the spookiness to a SCREECH level.
Thanks for sharing…and here’s mine: “THE GOOD DAUGHTER”
Yes, it certainly has it creepy moments! I’ve finished it now and thoroughly enjoyed the mayhem and drama. Thank you for visiting, Laurel – I do like the sound of The Good Daughter!
Love a good locked room mystery. And wondering what’s up with the shuffling foot steps. My Teaser is from the YA title The Dire King by William Ritter.
Yes… as you might imagine – those shuffling footsteps are definitely significant. And not in a good way… I’ve really enjoyed this one, which produced some interesting twists and turns. Thank you for swinging by – I’m rather intrigued by the The Dire King.
This sounds like a book I would enjoy. I do like things connected to Egypt.
I think you would, too. It’s the second book in this series that I’ve read and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them both.
I hope you love it.
Lynn 😀
Oh this one is huge fun:) I’ve just finished it and I do love the way Green plays with the genre and manages to produce an enjoyable read.
Glad you are enjoying the book. It is a new to me series.
If you like your whodunits with lots of paranormal mayhem, this is a really enjoyable series, Nise:). Thanks for swinging by.