First Line Friday 56

Today is a mash-up of two memes I’ve been enjoying on Fridays.

The first one is First Line Fridays which is hosted by Hoarding Books.  First Line Fridays take 4!  Hop on over to Hoarding Books and post a link to your first line.

This first line comes from a book on my TBR list by Lynda Wilcox.  Strictly Murder is the first book in the Verity Long Mystery series.

The estate agent’s details listed two reception rooms, kitchen and bath. What they failed to mention was the dead celebrity in the master bedroom. Personal assistant Verity Long’s house hunt is about to turn into a hunt for a killer. It will take some fancy footwork to navigate the bitchy world of dance shows, television studios, and dangerously gorgeous male co-stars.

I had been in the job only six months when my employer pulled a gun on me.

😳 😮 🤔

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The second meme for today is the THE FRIDAY 56 meme (take 3).  The only rules are to grab a book, any book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader,  find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it), post it, then add your URL to the Linky on the host site Freda’s Voice – easy peasy!

As I was scrolling through books on my kindle I saw this one by Leighann Dobbs that I read a few years ago.  Dying for Danish is book two in the Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery series.

When Lexy Baker lands a high paying catering job that allows her to buy some much needed kitchen equipment, she’s excited that things are going so well … until she stumbles over the body of the bride-to-be.  Suddenly Lexy finds herself in a race against time to find the killer. Aided by four iPad toting amateur detective grandma’s, her best friend and her little dog Sprinkles, Lexy finds the suspect list growing at every turn.

Lexy followed behind Nans, giving her condolences to Xavier, then Bronson.  She was surprised to find Bronson was rather civil- nice even.  But he was behaving rather nervously, his eyes darting around the room as if he was looking for someone. 

What about you? Have a first line or a 56 to share?

Have a happy Friday.