Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday ! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m delighted feature Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen. Hosted at Reading is my Super Power.
287 pages St. Martin’s Paperbacks June 27, 2023 publication date
ABOUT THE BOOK
A movie production brings drama—and murder—to a close-knit New England village, forcing Riley Rhodes to scoop out the suspects.
Former CIA librarian and amateur sleuth Riley Rhodes is loving her fresh start as the manager of the Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. The leaves are turning, tourists are leaf-peeping, and Penniman, Connecticut is putting finishing touches on the weekend long Halloween Happening. But the village is also buzzing. Former child star Cooper Collins is overseeing the production of a romantic comedy that’s filming on the town green and his domineering socialite mother, Diantha, is planning her lavish Halloween themed wedding at her Inn on the Green. Her fiancé has run the Inn’s kitchen for years, ably aided by his recent ex-wife, chef Mary Ann Dumas. An old friend of Riley’s, Mary Ann turns to her when the bride requests a spooky ice cream wedding cake.
But the weekend takes a frightful turn when Diantha is found dead and suspicion falls on Mary Ann. The cast of potential suspects is long—each wedding guest had a chilling motive to kill the vicious heiress. Can Riley unmask the murderer before another guest ends up on ice?
FIRST LINES
Saturday, the day before Halloween
“Nothing like reading other people’s mail.” Flo Fairweather’s sky-blue eyes sparkled as she smoothed a luscious hot-fudge sundae with light-as-air whipped cream. “I hope we find some juicy gossip.”
I hope to have a chance to read this before Halloween.
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Sounds like a very intriguing book. The book nearest me is Mr. B Gone by Clive Barker. It says “Burn this book. Go on. Quickly, while there is still time. Burn it. Don’t look at another word. Did you hear me? Not. One. More. Word.”
As you can guess it is a horror book. It is written by a demon who escaped hell.
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Sounds like a perfect book to read before Halloween! ( or even on Halloween!)
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Here is another book that is on my TBR list and I did read the introduction and it a more devotional book since it is a collection of sermons by David Wilkerson entitled Fire in his Bones! I received a while back as a free gift from World Challenge! Here is part of the introduction by his son Gary Wilkerson:
Acknowledgments
A book about a preacher with fire in his bones could not be effectively compiled without a group of people with fire in their bones, people who believe we live in a generation that needs a clear and uncompromising word from God.
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