First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
Got it? Okay let’s go! Here is the quote…
” A hangover is like childbirth. When it’s happening, it’s so miserable you think you’ll never forget. But later, inevitably, you do. At least that was what I told myself as I took a long glug out of a bottle of OJ in the snack aisle of the Boise Co-Op while my seven-year-old twins stared at me with wide, identical eyes.”
Do you know this one?
This hilarious book came out this week…
It has serious Finlay Donovan vibes…
Have you guessed?
Yes? No?
Give up?
Here it is!
Last Night Was Killer
Summary from Goodreads:
When Tilly Turner signed up for an introductory pole-dancing class, she was looking for a distraction. Reeling from her mother’s passing, and with her career as a stand-up comedian in ruins, Tilly has just moved back to the Idaho hometown she was desperate to leave, with her twin daughters in tow.
But Tilly gets more than she bargained for after a night out with her new pole-dancing pals. She wakes to a raging hangover, no memory of the evening before, and a dead body in the trunk of her car.
Who was the dead man? And more importantly, who killed him? Tilly has no alibi and needs answers. But investigating a murder is complicated, especially with an old frenemy circling, childcare plans falling through, and pole-dancing classes to attend. And don’t even mention the sexy ATF agent who she’s trying (and failing) to keep at arm’s length.
As Tilly races to solve the mystery before the police come knocking, she finds herself implicated in a larger plot that includes political subterfuge and arms dealing. But who knows—maybe busting a criminal enterprise will be just the shake-up she needs.
Balancing both heart and hilarity, and with a witty take on the struggles of modern motherhood, Last Night Was Killer is a charming introduction to the most unlikely—and likable—of sleuths.
I really enjoyed this one and I hope some of you will give it a chance, especially if you like the Finlay Donovan books. I really hope this one becomes a series. I would love to spend time with Tilly and her friends.
What do you think? Have you heard about this book? Is it on your TBR? Let me know in the comments.
Until next time…
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