First Lines Fridays 15th August 2025 | Jo Linsdell

First Lines Fridays 15th August 2025

   

First Lines Fridays


Books: First Lines Fridays 15th August 2025

Dive into First Lines Fridays for 15th August 2025. Can you identify the book just from its opening line?

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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:


Tracey Kavanagh stroked her swollen belly absentmindedly as she reached for the drawing Kyle proudly held up for her inspection. It was three thirty on an uncomfortably hot day and the infant inside her shifted lethargically; the playground was full of red-faced mothers with excitable offspring and the sound of happy chatter reverberated around the red brick walls.


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


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And the book is...

Fragile Cord by Emma Salisbury


About the book


Book synopsis for Fragile Cord by Emma Salisbury

Fans of Happy Valley will be gripped by this exceptional crime fiction series.

'Ian Rankin...Val McDermid...Emma has joined an elite club of authors.'
Sunday Mail

An emotional rollercoaster charting the psychological meltdown of a mother with a deadly secret.

What was Tracey Kavanagh so frightened of she thought wiping out her family was the answer?

Introducing straight talking DS Kevin Coupland and DC Alex Moreton as they investigate what appears to be a routine murder-suicide. For Alex Moreton, this case couldn't have come at a worse time, battling with her partner over whether to have another child, she is superstitious about pushing their luck - they're happy enough as they are...aren't they? DS Kevin Coupland is dealing with a serious assault outside a wine bar. Devoted family man Ricky Wilson is brutally stabbed following an altercation with youths while out with his wife and their children to celebrate her birthday. Coupland and Moreton's cases merge when it transpires that Tracey and Ricky were tragically connected. Is it possible that there could be more to these two investigations than pure coincidence?

As the past collides with the present Coupland uncovers a tragic secret that will destroy Tracey's family, or what's left of it. Coupland must choose whether the truth shall come out - or be taken to the grave.


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