Friday, September 27, 2024

Book Beginnings on Fridays/The Friday 56 - September 27th





This week I'm joining in Book Beginnings on Friday. It's hosted by Rose City Reader.  This is where we post the beginning of the books we are reading or will be reading.  






I'm also joining in for the Friday 56.  

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head if Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.


Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

It's that simple.



I'm reading this one.  I always love this series.  The excerpts are from the E-ARC.







Book Beginnings

Prologue

Manny didn't believe in ghosts, or the supernatural - although in retrospect, he probably should have.  


This at 56% on my e-reader.

"Good morning," I said, trying to inject the same amount of perkiness into my tone but not succeeding.  
  

Synopsis from Goodreads:

It’s Halloween trick-or-treachery when murder pays a visit to a cursed mansion in the new Nick and Nora mystery . . .

Waincroft Manor has long been tied to rumors of witchcraft and fatal curses, and to Nora Charles, that makes it the perfect place for a Halloween fundraiser. But her first trip to the deserted old mansion turns out to be truly ghoulish when she discovers a dead body. What’s more, the corpse is laid out in a coffin—with two bite marks on its neck. Then the autopsy comes back showing that the body was drained of blood, and there’s no stopping the local gossips from whispering the word vampire to anyone who will listen.

Determined to dispel the rumors and save the fundraiser, Nora sets out to prove the murderer was quite human after all. Sifting through the clues, she learns of a bitter family rivalry that spans generations, and a more recent conflict that may point to the motive for the murder. And when Nick spells out a clue that proves to be the missing piece of the puzzle, Nora knows she’ll have to watch her back—because there’s a killer out there who wants to keep some secrets buried, and they’ll happily bury Nora right along with them . . .


What do you think?  What are you sharing today?





6 comments:

  1. This sounds perfect for this time of the year!

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  2. the cover is certainly inviting and a bit funny. Enjoy!

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  3. Perfect read for this time of year. XO

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  4. Manny really should have known better. LOL Bell, Book and Corpses sounds like a funny read and perfect for the season! I hope you are enjoying it. Have a great weekend, Yvonne!

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  5. It would be a fabulous Halloween thrill read, I'm sure.

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  6. I have had this series on my TBR for ages. It looks so good and I love the teasers you shared!

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