Books: First Lines Fridays 20th June 2025
Welcome to First Lines Fridays! Every week, I pick a book I’ve never read before and share just the very first line. No spoilers, no blurbs—just a single sentence to spark a bit of curiosity. Sometimes it hooks me instantly, other times it leaves me wondering what’s next. Fancy a guess? Let’s dive in and see where that opening line takes us!
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I'm participating in First Lines Fridays as I think it's a great way to highlight more of the books that are on my bookshelves.
What is First Lines Fridays?
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
My Pick For This Week
The first lines of the book:
It’s never easy to make a fresh start with a reputation like mine, especially when you believe your own bad press. The plane pitched and rolled, my heart lurching with each thump and shudder. We weren’t going down—the pilot had assured us everything was fine—but morbid thoughts still clawed through my consciousness. I tried to catch them and squeeze them back into the locked crate in my mind, but like a cranky cat they refused to be caged.
Do you know which book this is from? Scroll down to find out!
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And the book is...
- ASIN : B0CVDQTXDD
- Publisher : Beanstalk Ink
- Publication date : July 24, 2024
- Print length : 412 pages
A deliciously twisty Aussie cozy mystery with a side of rom-com!
Ruth is desperate for a fresh start, but a body in her shed, an inconvenient romantic attraction, and a secret childhood reputation as a ‘harbinger of death’ get in the way.
As they do…
Murder and mayhem mingle with matters of the heart as Ruth soon discovers the town holds buried secrets and scandals—some of which may even involve her own late father.
But when a close friend goes missing, and the police fear the worst, all Ruth can think about is unravelling the mystery and finding her friend.
Can Ruth solve the crime in time to save her friend? Will she succeed or will bad luck be the death of her?
Dead Ahead has slow-burn romance, heaps of heart, murder and mayhem, small town vibes, friends who care, a grumpy cat and a mysterious meta plot. The final HEA of the romantic subplot will be at the end of the series—but there will be lots of fun in-between.
Warning: Dead Ahead contains banter that could make you snort your coffee.
Where to find Dead Ahead by Susan J. Bruce online:
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Have you read this book?
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