Book Beginnings and Friday56
Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by My Head is Full of Books and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two. First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you're reading.
Colleen Coble is always a favourite and this first book in a new series with Rick Acker started out very interesting.
What We Hide
About the book:
The past has a way of catching up with us.
Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since their two-year-old daughter drowned and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found nearly a century ago, to teach history.
But within twenty-four hours three different grenades fall into her (1) her estranged husband--a former DA--appears in her office asking for her help starting a clinic devoted to freeing wrongly convicted defendants, (2) she discovers paperwork proving that someone is selling off the university's pre-Columbian artifacts, and (3) she finds the body of the university president and falls under suspicion herself for his murder.
With the odds stacked against her, there's no one Savannah trusts to defend her but Hez. The president's murder and the missing artifacts are only scratches on the surface. The only hope they've got is each other, and they're going to have to put their past behind them if they're going to stay alive long enough to uncover all that's hidden.
Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since their two-year-old daughter drowned and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found nearly a century ago, to teach history.
But within twenty-four hours three different grenades fall into her (1) her estranged husband--a former DA--appears in her office asking for her help starting a clinic devoted to freeing wrongly convicted defendants, (2) she discovers paperwork proving that someone is selling off the university's pre-Columbian artifacts, and (3) she finds the body of the university president and falls under suspicion herself for his murder.
With the odds stacked against her, there's no one Savannah trusts to defend her but Hez. The president's murder and the missing artifacts are only scratches on the surface. The only hope they've got is each other, and they're going to have to put their past behind them if they're going to stay alive long enough to uncover all that's hidden.
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Book Beginnings
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
Friday 56
The video showed Cardin arguing with a man in the parking lot behind the history building.
The video showed Cardin arguing with a man in the parking lot behind the history building.
I got approved for the audio version of this on Netgalley! It sounds great, and the Colleen collaborating with a new author even moreso.
ReplyDeleteThis story sounds like it has a great deal of emotional resonance.
ReplyDeleteGrief often separates people. It is a sad outcome of the death of a child.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who Cardin is arguing with in that second excerpt. The death of a child is so devastating and everyone grieves in their own way. I do like the premise of What We Hide, not to mention the setting. Have a great weekend and enjoy your reading!
ReplyDeleteSounds like there is a lot going on there.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
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https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/first-line-friday-death-at-chelsea-by-anna-sayburn-lane/