First Lines Fridays 16th October 2026

Books: First Lines Fridays 16th October 2026

Ready for another First Lines Friday? It's that time of the week when we judge a book not by it's cover or even by its blurb. Instead we will be judging it's ability to hook us from the opening lines. Let's see if this week's pick will have you adding it to your TBR list or not.

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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:

From: lisamreynard@reynardaccounting.com To: lisamreynard@reynardaccounting.com BCC: joseph.briggs@briggsfinancial.com, brit.jones@brighthorizons.com, brenda.peterson@brighthorizons.com, darrenljost@hotmail.com Subject: Brit & Joe’s White Lie Party Save the date! You are cordially invited to a White Lie Party celebrating Joe Briggs and Brit Jones’s upcoming nuptials. White attire is requested. Details to follow. xx Lisa (Maid of Honor)

There are three of us lined up in a row. Two of us will stay. One of us will go.

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

And the book is...

Book synopsis Five Liars by D.L. Fisher

The fraud.

The imposter.

The cheater.

The fake.

The murderer.

Which one am I?

The guest list for Brit and Joe’s joint bachelor-bachelorette weekend is small and exclusive: the bride, the groom, the best man, a work friend . . . and me, the maid of honor. I’ve planned every detail to make this a celebration none of us will ever forget.

Expect daytime drinking, poolside lounging — and a White Lie Party designed to help us share all our little secrets.

After all, confession is good for the soul . . . and one of us is hiding something truly killer.

Don’t forget to save the date!

Love,

The Maid of Honor x