Today’s shelf find is Upon a Dark Night by Peter Lovesey for Book Beginnings on Fridays.
Book Beginnings is a fun meme hosted by Rose City Reader blog. To participate, share the first sentence or so of a novel you are reading and your thoughts about it. When you are finished, add your URL to the Book Beginnings page linked above. Hope to see you there!
Upon a Dark Night* by Peter Lovesey
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Summary: Detective Inspector Peter Diamond of the Bath homicide squad is working two cases: the death of a woman who fell from the roof of a local landmark, and that of an elderly farmer who shot himself. He has no time for the mystery of a young woman dumped in the hospital parking lot, injured and without a memory of who she is or what happened to her. He will leave that one to someone else. That is, until it becomes apparent that the cases may be linked in some way.
First Sentence:
A young woman opened her eyes.
The view was blank, a white-out, a snowfall that covered everything.
56
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The premise is simple. Turn to page 56 in the book and pick a quote.
He said, “I like chocolate chip cookies. I like chocolate chip cookies the best.”
I chose this quote because I like chocolate chip cookies, too.
Although the sentence seems like it might be filler dialogue, it turns out later in the page that it is actually a clue. A tiny clue, but a clue nonetheless. It’s great when chocolate chop cookies can be a clue.
When a friend gave me some older mystery novels a few months ago, based on the cover I thought this was one Lovesey’s historical novels. I put it away on a shelf. Last week I saw a Lovesey mystery featured on Shiela’s A Quiet Georgie blog and realized the Detective Inspector Peter Diamond series is contemporary (well, as contemporary as the 1990s can be). Another awesome shelf find!
What do you think? Would you pull out some chocolate chip cookies and read a Detective Inspector Peter Diamond mystery?
Are you finding any gems hidden on your shelves?
