This week my teaser lines come from Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock. I'm reading it for the Aussie Authors Reading Challenge and just got it from the library today, so I haven't gotten very far. The book tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic in Australia in 1900. This snippet comes from the end of the third chapter, where the mystery is just beginning:The awful silence closed in and Edith began, quite loudly now, to scream. If her terrified cries had been heard by anyone but a wallaby squatting in a clump of bracken a few feet away, the picnic at Hanging Rock might yet have been just another picnic on a summer's day. Nobody did hear them.... (p.34)This is a short book and I have a feeling I'll be putting aside all my other reads until I finish this one.
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Yikes! totally creepy. I'm loving the cover for this. Very neat. Thanks for the teaser!
ReplyDeleteThat's incredibly creepy. Also makes me want to read this.
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I enjoy reading a vintage book once in a while. Is this one based on a real life situation?
ReplyDeleteAh, this one sounds scary-good! Thanks for sharing.
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Dear goodness! That's quite frightening. Nice teaser!
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Well, I hope the wallaby manages to tell someone in its wallabyish fashion..
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good thriller! Here's my tease
ReplyDeleteSuch a great teaser! I love teaser tuesdays so much. I always add so many books to my TBR pile...
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