Every Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney is one of the books I borrowed from the library. It was due back yesterday and as I’d only just started to read it I tried to reserve it – but couldn’t. Fortunately it is available at the moment for 99p on Amazon, so I’ve now bought the e-book.
London, 2017
I’m that girl you think you know, but you can’t remember where from.
Lying is what I do for a living. It’s what I’m best at: becoming somebody else.
Also every Friday there is The Friday 56, hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice.
These are the rules:
- Grab a book, any book.
- Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
- Find any sentence (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.
- Post it.
- Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda’s most recent Friday 56 post.
Page 56:
I close my eyes and see Ben’s face, I don’t need a photo for that. It feels as if the us I thought we were is being demolished, lie by lie, leaving little more than the rubble of a marriage behind.
Blurb:
Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. But I know exactly who you are. I know what you’ve done. And I am watching you.
When Aimee comes home and discovers her husband is missing, she doesn’t seem to know what to do or how to act. The police think she’s hiding something and they’re right, she is – but perhaps not what they thought. Aimee has a secret she’s never shared, and yet, she suspects that someone knows. As she struggles to keep her career and sanity intact, her past comes back to haunt her in ways more dangerous than she could have ever imagined.
What do you think? Would you keep reading?
I shall! I wanted to read this book because I thoroughly enjoyed Alice Feeney’s debut, Sometimes I Lie.
This has a really interesting premise, Margaret. And it sounds as though there are several layers to the book. I’d certainly want to read on!
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I read Sometimes I Lie too and am looking forward to reading this one at some point.
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Sounds like an intriguing mystery with an unreliable narrator. Have fun with it. My Friday quotes
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Are the gremlins at work on your site? The text says the book is by Elly Griffiths :):)
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Thanks for pointing this out – not gremlins, just poor proof reading!!
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This novel looks amazing, but I need to thank you for mentioning The Stranger Diaries last week. After reading your post, I picked up the first in the Ruth Galloway mystery series, The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. It is so good. This definitely is my new favorite series. Thank you so much!
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Adding to my wishlist, it sounds awesome! Happy weekend!
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The crazy ending marks it as a good read.
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