FIRST LINE FRIDAY
Good Morning,
It’s time for another First Line Friday, hosted at Reading is my SuperPower. Grab the book closest to you and list the first line(s) then return to Reading is my SuperPower and visit other blogs to see everyone else’s posts.
The book I’m featuring today is:
The first line:
On the doorstep of Rose’s house, Annie smooths out her coat and straightens her scarf before gripping her cane again.
+ABOUT THE BOOK
Grannies, gangsters, murders—and a rollicking journey across France!
It’s January 4, 1961, and Marseilles housemaid Annie Malian is in love. It’s also the day her fiancé René takes his life under peculiar circumstances.
Many decades later, an old Christmas postcard addressed to Annie arrives, and all her doubts come flooding back.
At 84, there’s no time to waste!
Annie enlists the help of Rose Tassy, an eccentric retired teacher and amateur sleuth.
Thus begins an unforgettable journey from Provence to a quaint village in Picardie and then on to the sparkling Riviera, with a detour through wintry Paris.
Amid yuletide festivities, Annie and Rose navigate perilous terrain. Their list of suspects quickly grows. Was it Rene’s older brother? Maybe the ex-gangster turned chicken farmer? The powerful Monegasque tycoon?
Stumped, Rose begins to question her detective mettle when a new death compounds the plot…
This Christmas, will Annie receive the overdue truth as a gift?
Is this book on your to read list?
Happy Friday may your day be great.
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12 replies on “First Line Friday”
Sounds good!
Thank you seasonal coy mysteries are so much fun.
Happy Friday!
I’m currently reading The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews. It’s another excellent story, so far!
“Downstairs, Hartford awaited Anne in the front hall of the inn.”
I hope you have an excellent weekend! Happy reading!!! 🙂💜📚
That’s a great author. I enjoy her books too. Thank you and Happy weekend to you. I hope it’s restful with lots of reading time for you. 🙂
Sounds like an interesting story! Happy reading!
Thank you. Those cozy mysteries are so much fun!
I haven’t heard of this book, but I am reading another Christmas mystery: Christmas Cupcake Murders. I’m not very far and no one has died, so it makes me wonder if the cupcakes themselves are being murdered. Ha!
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I’ve heard of that one. The cover is cute. Well you could probably say that about some people’s cooking and baking. 🙂
I’ve not heard of this book, Dini, but it sounds fun. I hope you enjoy it.
I mean Deanne. Sorry.
No problem, Carla. I enjoy the cozy mysteries. and read quite a few. Seasonal ones are quite great.
This one sounds like fun. I enjoy books with older protagonists.