Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 is hosted by, Anne over at My Head Is Full of Books. So grab a 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. Book Blogger Hop asks a question of general interest or discussion hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
My book for today is Murder Strikes a Chord by Heather Weidner
Publication Date: March 18, 2025
When Cassidy Jamison inherited her late grandmother’s event planning business, she also inherited her grandmother’s friends—four sixty-year-old women known around town as the Pearly Girls—as part-time employees. Now Cassidy barely has time to breathe between spending every waking hour trying to keep her business afloat and the Pearly Girls out of trouble and focused on event planning.
So when she lands a three-weekend event complete with a chart-topping band, she’s thrilled. Until she and her chihuahua mix Elvis find the body of the Weathermen’s lead singer in her venue’s koi pond. With the help of the not-so-helpful Pearly Girls, Cassidy must stave off the bad publicity, navigate the prying questions of the local police department, and solve the murder before the media frenzy shutters her business for good, and takes one of the Pearly Girls with it.
First Sentence:
Cassidy Jamison glanced up from her laptop in the shared office space in the converted farmhouse on her property, Celebrations at Ivy Springs. Her sexagenarian bookkeeper, Ruthanne Carmichael, made a mad dash from her desk to the front window.
Page 56
“The killer’s still running around out there. Everyone needs to be vigilant.” His words dampened her sense of relief. Cassidy pursed her lips. “I know, but it’s kinda nice to know it probably isn’t a neighbor or a friend. I couldn’t think of any reasons why a townie would want him dead. Most who are old enough to remember the band were starstruck they were here in Ivy Springs.”
Today’s Question Is: – Sometimes, readers get into funks and maybe stop reading or feel like reading is work. What do you do to get yourself out of a reading funk? (submitted by Nicole @ The Christian Fiction Girl)
A: Nothing, really, I just have to wait for it to pass. I have other things I do to bide my time.
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