Hi and welcome to First Lines Friday – #Orentober edition!
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?
I love this feature, and I thought it would be a fun way to shine the spotlights on some fab Orenda books. So here goes:
She would never get used to picking up Einstein’s shit.
If you’ve read this book, I do suppose you’ll know who Einstein is…
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The author is a Scot, and one who has been featured on this blog rather often.
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That’s because he has written quite a few books and I’m quite a fan.
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As a matter of fact, one of his standalone novels is one of my favourite novels to date.
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This first line, however, is from the latest instalment in a series featuring three generations of strong, independent and sassy women.
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Have you guessed it?
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It is:
This is the blurb and you can find my review here, if you’d like to know more:
The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and the missing daughter of Jenny’s violent ex-husband present the Skelf women with their most challenging – and deadly – cases yet…
Keeping on top of the family funeral directors’ and private-investigation businesses is no easy task for the Skelf women, and when matriarch Dorothy discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself … with potentially deadly results.
Daughter Jenny and grand-daughter Hannah have their hands full too: The mysterious circumstances of a dying woman lead them into an unexpected family drama, Hannah’s new astrophysicist colleague claims he’s receiving messages from outer space, and the Skelf’s teenaged lodger has yet another devastating experience.
Nothing is clear as the women are immersed ever deeper in their most challenging cases yet. But when the daughter of Jenny’s violent and fugitive ex-husband goes missing without trace and a wild animal is spotted roaming Edinburgh’s parks, real danger presents itself, and all three Skelfs are in peril.
Thanks for stopping by! What do you make of this first line, yay or nay? Let me know below!
