Books: First Lines Fridays 11th July 2025
Welcome back to First Lines Fridays! Each week, I share the opening line of a book—without giving away the title or author—and invite you to guess what it might be. It’s a fun way to discover new reads or revisit old favourites, all through the magic of a well-crafted first sentence.
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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:
“Move over. You’re crowding me.” Layla pushed back against her sister Delilah. Delilah was attempting to square her body to maintain as much space in the back seat of the car as she could.
Do you know which book this is from? Scroll down to find out!
And the book is...
- ASIN : B0CRMF8K4P
- Publication date : February 7, 2024
- Print length : 264 pages
A hot mess like Stephanie Plum but Southern.
Haunted cemetery tour. A deadly surprise…
What more could Photine Fortier ask for joining her best friend at a historic cemetery near Halloween?
Photine jumps on the chance to test her intuitive prowess, but there’s a problem. One, she hasn’t been invited to the party. Two and three, and maybe four, she has to hide her investigation from her best friend, the detective in charge, and the lady managing Tanglewood Cemetery. What a tangled web we weave. But she doesn’t care, this is about honing her skills.
Rivaling Italian restaurateurs take the investigation down a path that leads to gambling, mafia, and a retired mob guy out in the middle-of-nowhere Mississippi. Photine realizes it might be good to master her poker face and skip the caesar salad. When she lets her Dad in on the investigation and he has to tap out, Missy is more than happy to lend a hand and maybe finally be officially called a friend. And Missy’s brother, Officer Necessary, who makes Photine's knees quake, steps in once again. And though she minds, she doesn’t mind.
When everything comes down to the wire, Photine wrestles with whether to listen to her brain or listen to her intuition. Will she learn this lesson the hard way like she does everything else?
Photine races to find out who the murderer is before Detective Darryl R. Evans. And before he can stop her illustrious career as a professional Amateur Sleuth/Detective/Life Coach.
Where to find Dying to be Found by Kenna Campbell online:
Have you read this book?
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