Vinegar Girl – The Taming of the Shrew retold by Anne Tyler Opening sentence: “Kate…
Category: Fiction
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Opening sentence: “There was a time, and…
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Opening sentence: “Mrs Ferrars died on the…
Track 9 by Sue Rovens Opening sentence: ‘The only sound more piercing than the passenger’s…
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Opening sentence: “Samantha Quinn felt the stinging of a…
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Opening sentence: “In my dream, the girl…
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath Opening sentence: “The actor Charlie Grice was dead.” Set…
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie Opening sentence: “In this narrative of mine I have…
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind Opening sentence: “In eighteenth-century France there…
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