Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, First Chapter/Intros, originally hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea and now hosted by I’d Rather Be at the Beach; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.
Today’s feature is a NetGalley ARC to be released on 9/3/19: The Long Call, by Ann Cleeves.
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Intro: The day they found the body on the shore, Matthew Venn was already haunted by thoughts of death and dying. He stood outside the North Devon Crematorium on the outskirts of Barnstaple, a bed of purple crocus spread like a pool at his feet, and he watched from a distance as the hearse carried his father to the chapel of rest. When the small group of mourners went inside, he moved closer.
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Teaser Tuesday: She pushed her hair away from her face. He saw she had a small smudge of paint on her cheek. It was green, the same shade as her coat. (75%).
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Synopsis: In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too.
Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.
The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life is forced into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left behind.
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I loved the Netflix series based on books by this author, so I’m eager to dive in. What do you think?
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SNOW SPARKS 
I have never read this author and haven’t watched the Netflix series based on this book but I might check it out. The book sounds good.
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Thanks, Vicki, I am eager to read this one. I love British Mysteries.
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I’ve got this ARC in my reading stack from one of my conferences. I’m hoping to read it after I finish my summer reading. She’s a great author, so I’m sure it will be a good story. Enjoy!
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I’ve got an ARC of this in a reading stack from one of my conferences. I set it aside to read after I finish my summer stack. She’s a great author, so it should be a good story. Enjoy!
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Thanks for visiting, Catherine, I hope you enjoy this book.
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This one sounds interesting.
What is the netflix series called?
My teaser this week: https://collinesblog.com/2019/08/13/teaser-tuesday-truly-madly-guilty-by-liane-moriarty/
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The series is called Shetland.
Thanks for visiting.
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She’s a great author, i need to read this one! Very British 🙂
Here’s my Tuesday post.
Hope you’re having a lovely week!
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Thanks, Sassy, I am eager to read this one.
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I haven’t read this author yet, but I am intrigued both about the book and the series. Hope you enjoy it! Mine is from a humorous mystery, In Crime by Alex A. King My Teaser
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Thanks, Laura, I am eager to read it. Enjoy yours.
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This one sounds good. I hope it lives up to your expectations.
Donna @ Girl Who Reads
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Thanks, Donna, I hope so, too.
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This sounds right up my alley! I have to check out the television series now.
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Thanks, Laura, I am eager to dive into it. Enjoy your books!
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WOW, that’s quite the “hook”; I’d read more.
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Thanks, Diane, I thought so, too. I’ve never read the author, but a Netflix show (Shetland) is based on her books. I loved that show.
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