This week my teaser lines come from one of the vintage mysteries I've been reading: The Key, by Patricia Wentworth -- one of her "Miss Silver" series. I'm reading the Kindle edition on my iPad, so I'm not sure about page numbers, but it's from Chapter 18 and Location 1518 of 3440 (44%):Darling...it really wouldn't be at all nice to feel you'd been living with a murderer. But...of course the police wouldn't have arrested him unless they were quite, quite sure he'd done it, and it would be too, too dreadful if they were to hang him when he was innocent.Ah, yes - just too, too dreadful indeed.
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A little debonair quality to the voice there. Neat teaser!
ReplyDeleteSounds good--like the teaser!
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Love the voice. Good teaser.
ReplyDeleteHah! Is the vintage quality real, or was the author affecting this voice?
ReplyDeleteI have two or three P. Wentworth mysteries. I've not tried her yet. If I don't try one, it would indeed be "too, too dreadful."
ReplyDeleteDefinitely dreadful, but I am thinking there is more behind the statement.
ReplyDeleteVery suspenseful!
ReplyDeleteI like the narrator's voice...too funny!
ReplyDeleteMaybe not meant to be, but I laughed.
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Sounds very British. Just love the writing and tone.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just hate it when that happens? Sounds like a good read1
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