Books: The First Sentence

[Gordonb]

I don't play this game but I bet that naughty @MartinG is teasing us with a book by one of our very own, Kinglet by the multi-faceted MrsMig.

[MartinG]

Busted! 

Looks like you play this game now, Gordon...

[Gordonb]

Busted!  

Looks like you play this game now, Gordon...

"If only the swans would swim side by side on the dark green lake, this picture might turn out to be the crowning achievement of the wedding photographer's career."

I'm reading this right now ... downloaded to my Kindle just 2 days ago.

[Chris L]

@Gordonb - Given that you've just downloaded it to your Kindle, is this a new book or something that's been around for a while?

[Gordonb]

@Gordonb - Given that you've just downloaded it to your Kindle, is this a new book or something that's been around for a while?

Recently published- in the last 4 to 6 weeks I believe. 

[Chris L]

Recently published- in the last 4 to 6 weeks I believe.

Hmm, that's going to make it tough, given that I'm a couple of years behind on my reading. Still, the "wedding photographer" should be a clue...

Reposting your quote from the book:

"If only the swans would swim side by side on the dark green lake, this picture might turn out to be the crowning achievement of the wedding photographer's career."

[Gordonb]

Recently published- in the last 4 to 6 weeks I believe.

Hmm, that's going to make it tough, given that I'm a couple of years behind on my reading. Still, the "wedding photographer" should be a clue...

Reposting your quote from the book:

"If only the swans would swim side by side on the dark green lake, this picture might turn out to be the crowning achievement of the wedding photographer's career."

No Chris "the wedding photographer" has no particular relevance; the wedding being photographed is relevant to the ongoing development of one of the married couple's relationship with the "lead" character.

My use of "ongoing" should tell you that this book is not the first in a series ...

One more clue; I'm not sure that this genre is one that you read much Chris, but it is one which I devour with gusto.

[Leighton]

Is it the new Bridget Jones?  Is there a new Bridget Jones?!

[Gordonb]

Is it the new Bridget Jones?  Is there a new Bridget Jones?!

Dunno, so that'll be a no.

[Chris L]

@Gordonb - I know that you read a lot of mystery/suspense/thriller fiction, a genre that's filled with series works -- so many that I don't know where to start looking at Amazon Look Inside pages for the quote.

[Chris L]

Okay, I guessed what it was and verified my guess with Barnes & Noble's Look Inside feature. (Amazon's wouldn't go past the copyright page.) It's J.K. Rowling's new novel Lethal White.

(I don't regard checking the online Look Inside as cheating. Looking up the quote in Google, on the other hand, would definitely be cheating.)

So now I have to come up with one. Give me a few minutes.

[Chris L]

I'm hoping somebody here has read the book version of this as well as seeing the film. (That's your first hint.)

"In those days cheap apartments were almost impossible to find in Manhattan, so I had to move to Brooklyn."

[Gordonb]

Okay, I guessed what it was and verified my guess with Barnes & Noble's Look Inside feature. (Amazon's wouldn't go past the copyright page.) It's J.K. Rowling's new novel Lethal White.

(I don't regard checking the online Look Inside as cheating. Looking up the quote in Google, on the other hand, would definitely be cheating.)

So now I have to come up with one. Give me a few minutes.

Ok you've spoilt my ideas for teasers but well  done.
To be pedantic though it's not J. K Rowling's "Lethal White" it's Robert Galbraith's.

[Leighton]

Ooooh I think I know this one - is it Sophie's Choice?!

If so, I will offer this (though it may be a touch obvious!):

"On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide - it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese - the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope."

[Chris L]

Ooooh I think I know this one - is it Sophie's Choice?!

If so, I will offer this (though it may be a touch obvious!):

"On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide - it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese - the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope."

Bingo! You got it! I've taken the liberty of boldfacing your own quote.