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Happy Friday!
This book made my November TBR, and I have every intention of reading it this month (after ignoring it in my stacks for several years now). I can't wait to get started.
First Line: Tonight, I will do the impossible.
From Page 56: I fell fast and landed like a stone.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder—and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence.
The Amazing Arden is the most famous female illusionist of her day, renowned for her notorious trick of sawing a man in half on stage. One night in Waterloo, Iowa, with young policeman Virgil Holt watching from the audience, she swaps her trademark saw for a fire ax. Is it a new version of the illusion, or an all-too-real murder? When Arden's husband is found lifeless beneath the stage later that night, the answer seems clear.
But when Virgil happens upon the fleeing magician and takes her into custody, she has a very different story to tell. Even handcuffed and alone, Arden is far from powerless—and what she reveals is as unbelievable as it is spellbinding. Over the course of one eerie night, Virgil must decide whether to turn Arden in or set her free... and it will take all he has to see through the smoke and mirrors.
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Love that cover and the snippets!! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday! Today I'm sharing the first line from the prologue of One More River to Cross by Jane Kirkpatrick: "Mary Sullivan stood outside the circle of men, watched through the triangle of elbows as they nodded and commented about the markings the Paiute drew in the dirt."
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Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus? I'm sold!
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Happy Friday! My first line is from “Because of You” by Becky Wade:
ReplyDelete“Maddie Winslow met the man of her dreams the same day that her friend Olivia introduced Maddie to her new boyfriend. Which would have been splendid, except that the man of Maddie’s dreams was Olivia’s new boyfriend.”
I really enjoyed this one and hope you will too. I really need to read more of Greer's work. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis week on my blog I shared the first line from Heart of a Royal by Hannah Currie. It's also my current read so I'll share the first line from chapter 22 here: "The reception had been going on for hours--and no one seemed in any rush to end it." Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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