Every Tuesday Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where she shares the first paragraph or (2) of a book she is reading or thinking about reading soon. Here’s my contribution this week:
This is the opening of The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean, from the Prologue:
Banff, 26 March 1626, 10 o’clock
The younger of the two whores rifled the man’s pockets with expert fingers. she cursed softly. Nothing.
‘Leave off, then,’ said her sister. The baillie will be here any minute.’
Mary Dawson rolled the man back over onto his face. He groaned, then retched, and she cursed once more as he vomited bile over her foot. ‘Pig’, she said, and kicked him. The wind sent a barrel careering past them down the brae to smash into a wall below. Somewhere a dog took up a demented howling.
What do you think ? — Would you keep reading? I haven’t read much further on, but I will do.
I came across this book whilst reading blogs a few weeks ago and can’t remember which one referred to this author. I was interested firstly because I like historical mysteries,and secondly because this one is set in Banff on the Moray coast where Shona Maclean lives, and where some of my husband’s family came from. It’s a place I’d like to visit one day.
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It’s probably a no from me (but ignore me, I’m not into historical mysteries!).
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Wow, that intro is a bit unsettling, but I think I’m intrigued enough to keep reading. Thanks so much for joining in.
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It does grab me, somehow; it’s gritty and I’m curious about what is going to happen next.
Here’s MY TUESDAY MEMES POST
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The title really puts me off. Hope you like it. Here’s Mine
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I don’t think this one is for me, lol!
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For Alex Seaton’s sake I hope that’s not him on the floor because that’s a pretty harsh opening! It’s intriguing though, so I’d keep reading! Thanks for sharing, here’s my Tuesday Post
Juli @ Universe in Words
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I would keep reading.
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Margaret – Oh, I enjoyed this novel very much. For me, it’s got a very effective sense of time and place and more than that, it’s a well-paced and interesting story. I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the book.
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