From Agatha Christie's They Do It with Mirrors
“Mrs. Van Rydock moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.”
“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
“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
“The year is 2016.”
From Gina Damico's Waste of Space
“Petey’s sweaty little hand wriggled in mine.”
From Jenny Goebel’s Fortune Falls
“Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.”
From John Bellairs' The House with a Clock in Its Walls
“‘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
“In the beginning there were nine of us.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four
“‘Girls?'”
From Ellen Klages' White Sands, Red Menace
“Okay, okay, okay.”
From R.J. Palacio’s Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
“It was mid afternoon in early July and the world was, in general asleep.”
From Patricia St. John's Twice Freed
First Sentence of a New World 