First Lines Fridays 31st October 2025 | Jo Linsdell

First Lines Fridays 31st October 2025

              

First Lines Fridays


Books: First Lines Fridays 31st October 2025


Welcome back to my First Lines Fridays feature! Every Friday I share the opening lines of a book from my shelves and challenge you to guess the title before the big reveal.

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Why I Love First Lines Fridays

I'm joining in with First Lines Fridays because it’s a brilliant way to highlight more books from my own collection. Whether it’s a current read or one still on my TBR pile, I love sharing those unforgettable opening lines that instantly grab you.


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 First Lines Pick This Week


The first lines of the book:


I was just finishing my second beer when someone leaned down to whisper in my ear. “Want to do something insane?” As pickup lines went, it wasn’t half bad.


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


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And the book is...

Book cover of Heart of Malice by Lisa Edmonds – an urban fantasy novel.


About the book


Book synopsis for Heart of Malice by Lisa Edmonds

The first time Moses Murphy's granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.

For 20 years, she was a prisoner of an organized crime syndicate, forced to use her magic to make Moses the most powerful and feared man on the East Coast. To escape his cruelty, she faked her own death and started a new life as Alice Worth. As a private investigator specializing in cases involving the supernatural, Alice walks a precarious line between atoning for the sins of her grandfather's cabal and keeping her true identity hidden.

Hired to investigate the disappearance of a mysterious object of power, Alice enlists the help of Malcolm, a ghost running from a past as nightmarish as her own. It soon becomes clear the missing object was taken by someone with a dangerous secret and an unknown agenda. When her client is kidnapped, Alice must find her and the object of power before a vengeful killer destroys the city and slaughters thousands - starting with Alice.

Contains mature themes.

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Where to find Heart of Malice by Lisa Edmonds online: 

 




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Have You Read The Book?

Have you read Heart of Malice or any of the Alice Worth series by Lisa Edmonds? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below! If you enjoy guessing books from their opening lines, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s First Lines Fridays post.






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