First Lines Fridays 6th June 2025 | Jo Linsdell

First Lines Fridays 6th June 2025

    

First Lines Fridays


Books: First Lines Fridays 6th June 2025

Welcome to First Lines Fridays, where we celebrate the art of a brilliant beginning. Each week, we share the opening line of a book—without giving away the title—offering you the chance to guess what it might be or simply savour the craftsmanship of a cracking first sentence.

Some lines grip you straight away, others quietly intrigue—but all of them mark the start of a journey. So settle in, take a read, and see if today’s first line rings any bells…


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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:


Henry Quinn's life ended the moment he met them.  Just didn't know it. So easy to see now but impossible to know then. Still, he felt so damn stupid for not seeing what was coming, for not noticing what were probably blaring, screaming signs of things to come. 


Do you know which book this is from? Scroll down to find out!


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And the book is...


Table 13 by Mike McCrary



About the book


  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BVPQBKGF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bad Words Inc.
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 2023
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages

Book synopsis for Table 13 by Mike McCrary

A gripping, fast-paced thriller for fans of Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter.

They seemed like such a nice couple.

It was a typical evening at the restaurant. But when psychopaths show up for dinner, "typical" dies.

Hank Quinn moved to New York to chase his dream of becoming a writer. But he quickly finds that loneliness and lack of success aren't the worst things that can happen to a small-town kid in the big city. One night, during the dinner rush at the high-end restaurant where he works, his life takes an unimaginable turn.

The lovely, attractive couple seated at table 13 is not what they seem. They have a dark past and some even darker plans for Hank.

Hank desperately searches for a way out while the husband-and-wife killing team pulls him deeper into their world and their unspeakable crimes. As the nightmare unfolds, he learns about the chilling fate they have planned for him and the people he loves if he doesn't complete their sick, twisted tasks.

Can he stop them before it's too late? Can Hank survive their twisted agenda?



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Where to find Table 13 by Mike McCrary online: 

 



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