Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Teaser Tuesdays: Artists in Crime

This week my teaser lines come from Artists in Crime, one of the Inspector Alleyn mysteries by Ngaio Marsh. In this snippet, the Inspector is interviewing a young art student who's one of the witnesses (and also one of the suspects, of course) in his latest case:
"Are you sure of that, Miss Lee?"

"Yes....I was absolutely exhausted. It always takes it out of me most frightfully when I paint. It simply drains every ounce of my energy. I even forget to breathe."

"That must be most uncomfortable," said Alleyn gravely. (p.70)


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9 comments:

  1. Funny!! A very dramatic witness. Here is my teaser.

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  2. lol yes not breathing must be most uncomfortable

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  3. Love it! Breathing is definitely a must! My TT is here.

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  4. Ha-ha, I like that! So melodramatic...and now I'm definitely intrigued.

    Here's MY TUESDAY MEMES POST

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  5. Love it! I can hear the sarcasm in the inspector's voice. My teaser is from Fairest of All by Sarah Mylnowski. Happy reading!

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  6. A captivating teaser.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday_19.html

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  7. Dramatic and funny! I like the cadence of this author's dialogue.

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  8. I would agree forgetting to breathe would be uncomfortable :)

    Here is my TT -
    http://maryellenbrady.com/2012/06/18/teaser-tuesday-reckless-by-cornelia-funke/

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  9. Sounds like Alleyn is a master of sarcasm. I think I'd like this book.
    My teaser is from Perigee Moon.

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