Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays: The Man in Lower Ten

This week my teaser lines come from The Man in Lower Ten, a vintage mystery (published in 1906) by Mary Roberts Rinehart. I just finished the book last night, and don't know why it's taken me so many weeks to get through it because I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I read this one on my iPad, so I'm not sure about page numbers, but this snippet is from Chapter VII. And it has the protagonist ruminating about his precarious situation as the chief suspect in a murder that occurred on the train he was traveling in -- just before the train was involved in a deadly crash.
Have you ever seen a fly, who, in these hygienic days, finding no cobwebs to entangle him, is caught in a sheet of fly paper, finds himself more and more mired, and is finally quiet with the sticky stillness of despair?...Well, I was the fly.
Well, I've never been a murder suspect, but that description of the fly is pretty much the way I felt at the dentist's office last week.



Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by mizB at Should Be Reading. If you'd like to read more teasers, or take part yourself, just head on over to her blog.

And please feel free to leave me a link to your Teaser Tuesday post in your comment here.
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17 comments:

  1. Cackleberry HomesteadOctober 11, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Great descriptive teaser. I haven't heard of the book, but I'm intrigued now.

    Here is my TT.

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  2. Laurel-Rain SnowOctober 11, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Oh, I love the descriptions! Poor fly...poor man!

    Here's MY TEASER TUESDAY POST and
    MY WEBSITE

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  3. UnknownOctober 11, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Ooh, sounds great. Awesome description.

    HEre's mine;
    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/teaser-tuesdays_11.html

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  4. HarveeOctober 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Good writing! Nice tease.
    Harvee(Book Dilettante)

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  5. gautami tripathyOctober 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Intriguing teaser!

    I seem to be out of my reading slump and adding e-books to my tbr pile!

    Here is my Teaser post!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    A captivating teaser.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/teaser-tuesday_11.html

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  7. Sullivan McPigOctober 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Very cool teaser.

    And thanks for dropping by on my blog.
    If you want to try my read 'Stone Maiden': the PDF is free for download here:
    http://www.annaguirre.com/extras/stone-maiden/

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  8. MarceOctober 11, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    My favourite teaser this week. Many of us can see ourselves as that fly i'm sure...

    My TT with giveaway

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2011/10/exclusive-teaser-and-giveaway.html

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  9. SimplyMeOctober 11, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Cool teaser! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Happy Reading :]


    Book Addict

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  10. RachelOctober 11, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Eek! Doesn't sound good! But it certainly looks interesting. :) Great teaser.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  11. BethOctober 11, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Great teaser! Here is my teaser for this week.

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  12. Gigi AnnOctober 11, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    What a great teaser.

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  13. YvonneOctober 11, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Great teaser! I've wanted to read this author but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

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  14. Between the Covers LouiseOctober 11, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Great teaser! It sounds interesting! Thanks for stopping by Between the Covers and reading my teaser!

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  15. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    Hello! Thanks for visiting my blog!

    Very interesting teaser.

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  16. HeatherOctober 12, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Excellent teaser. Thanks for visiting!

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  17. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Good teaser. I listened to this a while ago and enjoyed it.

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