Here's the intro set in June 1644, York, England:
On the night I delivered Mercy Harris of a bastard child, the King's soldiers burned the city's suburbs and fell back within its walls to await the rebel assault.
Also this week is Teaser Tuesdays. Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Open to a random page of your current read and share a teaser sentence from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
Here's my teaser from page 56:
"My lady, it was..." She groped for words. "I thought I saw the man from that night, the soldier," she whispered. "In the Shambles, peering at me from an alley."
What do you think? Would you keep reading?
11 comments:
Oh yes, I'd keep reading. I like what I've read about this one. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for joining in once again -- have a great week.
Hmm, intriguing...I do like stories about midwives, and I actually read another one recently on this topic: also by a man. (I don't usually read books by men, either, but it's because I'm interested primarily in women's issues, and men don't usually write those as well, IMO. LOL)
And I would keep reading.
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I would definitely keep reading, Paulita. Sounds like you're discovering a new genre to add to your reading list. Enjoy!
Here's my FCFPTO pick: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2013/02/first-chapter-first-paragraph-tuesday.html
Yeah, I would definitely keep reading! I like mysteries, but not in the super-sleuth sense. More when there's just a mystery wrapped into another story.
I would keep reading! Thanks for stopping by my blog ~ Fantasy Book Chick
Have a great week!
This HAS been getting a lot of buzz recently. I'd keep reading!
A mystery by a man? NO stop reading this instant. JK as your kids say. I think it's great you're dabbling in a new genre - let's see how it turns out.
yes, I'd keep reading. I do enjoy historical fiction. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
I'd keep reading. I recently read The Midwife's Apprentice, a historical for children. I liked it a lot and now I'm interested in the subject.
I do want to read this one.
While I love mysteries, I'm not a fan of books not in present time so I'm not sure. Maybe.....
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