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. You can also share from a book you want to highlight just because it caught your fancy.
A Winter Grave is the last book I bought and is Peter May’s latest novel. I’ve enjoyed the other books of his I’ve read, so I’m hoping this one will be just as good. It is cli-fi, about the effects of climate change on human society, set in 2051.
Cli-fi, short for climate fiction, is a form of fiction literature that features a changed or changing climate. It is rooted in science fiction, but also draws on realism and the supernatural.
Little will heighten your sense of mortality more than a confrontation with death. But right now such an encounter is the furthest thing from Addie’s mind, and so she is unprepared for what is to come.
Also every Friday there is The Friday 56, hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice, where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an eBook), find one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.
Page 56:
In the early photos, when Addie was just a baby, Mel had been happy and radiant, and he lingered over them. But the increasingly haunted face she presented to the world in later years made him scroll more quickly by.
Description from Amazon:
A TOMB OF ICE
A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice.
A DYING DETECTIVE
Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat.
AN AGONIZING RECKONING
Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose.
Set against a backdrop of a frighteningly plausible near-future, A WINTER GRAVE is Peter May at his page-turning, passionate and provocative best.
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What do you think, does it appeal to you? What are you currently reading?
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I really enjoyed this. I love Peter May’s writing and I’m always up for anything dystopian so this ticked all the boxes for me. Hope that you enjoy it too.
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Thanks, Janette. I’m so please you really enjoyed this!
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This does sound intriguing, Margaret. Like you, I’ve enjoyed the Peter May books I’ve read. To me, he crafts a strong sense of atmosphere and a solid setting. The characters interest me, too. I hope you’re enjoying this one.
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Thanks, Margot – I am enjoying it!
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Sounds like an intriguing read!! Happy weekend!
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Thanks Freda – and for adding my link to your Linky!
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This book starts off with a bang. What an opening!
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Indeed it is, Anne. It makes you sit up and think!
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I’ve yet to try any of Peter May’s novels, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about them. This one looks interesting too. Have a great weekend!
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I began by reading his Lewis trilogy – really good books!
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I have this one on my Kindle, but haven’t tried it yet. I do love Peter May’s writing.
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Me too, Kay!
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I hadn’t heard of the term cli-fi before, but I have certainly read books in the past that would fall in that category. This sounds like it would be an intense read. I like the opening especially and would definitely want to continue reading. I don’t think I’ve read anything by Peter May before. I will have to give his books a try. Thank you for sharing. I hope you have a great weekend!
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the term cli-fi is quite new to me, but I’ve read quite a few novels I’d class as cli-fi – wikipedia lists several in this article – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_fiction#Prominent_examples
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