Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday hosted at Reading is my Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m delighted to feature A Corpse Among the Carolers by Debra Sennefelder a book published in November of this year. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to read it soon.
276 pages November 12, 2024 Beyond the Page Publishing
First Line
Food Blogger Hope Early always gets a hearty holiday laugh knowing that the weeks leading up to Christmas are as frantic as they are festive.
Would you want to continue on with reading this? I probably would just based on the adorable cover alone. You’ve got to love Beagles.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Hope Early is fully immersed in the spirit of the Christmas season, until the sounds of joyful carolers are silenced by the words “Ho-ho-homicide” . . .
Food blogger Hope Early always gets a hearty holiday laugh from knowing that the weeks leading up to Christmas are as frantic as they are festive. But in spite of everything she has to do, the one thing she always has time for is the annual Jingle Bell Stroll, a night when the community gathers to sing their hearts out and enjoy each other’s company. This year’s caroling feels especially heartwarming, until the final note lands with a thud when Hope finds the body of the man who’d volunteered to play Santa, a knife plunged into his back.
With virtually the whole town present at the caroling, the list of suspects seems endless. It doesn’t take long, though, for both Hope and the police to turn a sharp eye on the victim’s bitter and vindictive ex-wife, along with his new wife, who may have been after his money. Then Hope unearths a clue that suggests the dead man may have been hiding a sordid past and connections to unseemly characters. But as she closes in on the killer, they’re determined to wring her neck before she can ring in the new year . . .
Includes tasty and toasty holiday recipes!
About the Author:
Debra Sennefelder lives and writes in Connecticut, where she shares her home with her family and slightly spoiled Shih Tzu. An avid reader across a range of genres, mystery fiction is her obsession. Her interest in people and relationships is channeled into her novels against a backdrop of crime and mystery. She’s the author of the Food Blogger Mysteries, the Resale Boutique Mysteries, and the Cookie Shop Mysteries. When she’s not writing, she’s either baking or reading. To learn more, visit her on the web at debrasennefelder.com.
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12 replies on “First Line Friday”
Party in India 🙂
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I have mixed feelings since I don’t care much about pet or dog books so, it might be interesting just not what I would usually pick! Anyway, here is another one of my TBR books! It is a 30-Day Devotional and written by one of my favorite singers, Matthew West and Matt Litton! I purchased it in June and it is My Story Your Glory Discover the Journey God Has Planned For You!
Here is the first lines:
”Introduction
”Years ago, I took a road trip from my hometown near Chicago, Illinois, back to my new home of Nashville, Tennessee. I had made that drive hundreds of times before and knew the directions like the back of my hand. But as the hours passed, I daydreamed (as songwriters tend to do). As I daydreamed, I drifted. And as I drifted, I unknowingly missed my exit and began heading off course.
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I can understand that if a book is not a genre you’d enjoy. Thank you for stopping in. I’d give that a read.
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This book sounds like a lot of fun and it seems intriguing with the scary mystery. As for a first line. This is the first line from the book nearest me. It is Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, First line “One day in the year 1666 Newton had gone to the country, and seeing the fall of an apple, as his niece told me let himself be led into a deep meditation on the cause which thus draws every object along a line whose extension would pass almost through the center of the Earth.”
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Sounds interesting. I’d give that a read.
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It’s 1,400 pages though and lots of equations. I bought it years ago and I still have not read it. But you are right it is interesting but a bit tough reading.
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Wow! A dead Santa! I am currently reading James – a best seller – for our book club.
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nice
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Thank you!
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Too cute! love the graphics.
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Thank you, I do try to add some fun and interesting graphics to my posts. It’s fun for me and readers seem to enjoy it too.
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