From Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven
“As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.”
“Malorie stands in the kitchen, thinking.”
From Josh Malerman's Bird Box
“Ayoola summons me with these words–Korede, I killed him.”
From Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer
“Maybe the machine could see the words she never spoke.”
From Zoje Stage's Baby Teeth
“Hi, Moms!”
From Darcey Bell's A Simple Favor
“Mrs. Van Rydock moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.”
From Agatha Christie's They Do It with Mirrors
“I am afraid.”
From Robert C. O'Brien's Z for Zachariah
“Just off the main highway that runs through Waco, Texas, sits a pink house–one built in that kind of Southwestern adobe style you might find in Arizona or Nevada.”
From Clint Harp's Handcrafted
“Every seven-year-old deserves a superhero.”
From Fredrik Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
“Dear Mr. Richard Gere, In Mom’s underwear drawer–as I was separating her ‘personal’ clothes from the ‘lightly used’ articles I could donate to the local thrift shop–I found a letter you wrote.”
From Matthew Quick’s The Good Luck of Right Now
“A sharp, undulating tone – drilling into his brain.”
From Chris McGeorge's Guess Who
“Dolly Rawlins stood in her kitchen ironing the shirt collar and cuffs she had carefully starched, just the way Harry always liked them.”
From Lynda La Plante's Widows
“In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times.”
From Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
“I was a normal kid as far as I knew.”
From Chip Gaines' Capital Gaines
“‘You sure about this?’ Rachel asked again, blowing softly on the surface of her steaming cup of tea.”
From Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians
First Sentence of a New World 