Vinegar Girl – The Taming of the Shrew retold by Anne Tyler Opening sentence: “Kate…
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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…
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Opening sentence: “Samantha Quinn felt the stinging of a…
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath Opening sentence: “The actor Charlie Grice was dead.” Set…
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind Opening sentence: “In eighteenth-century France there…
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Opening sentence: “A squat grey building of only thirty-four…
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah Opening sentence: “Michael Gathercole stared at the closed door in…
Yesterday, I spent a delightful day at the Emerald Street Literary Festival. Emerald Street is…
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