Today's Read: The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley
MizB at Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesdays. Here's how it works: Grab your current read; let the book fall open to a random page; and share 2 “teaser” sentences from that page. For more teasers, click on through to MizB's blog.
Exhaust snaked up from three pickup trucks and an SUV idling in the angled parking spaces that ran down both sides of Main to where the street veered west at the southern shore of the lake. The trucks had been left running to stay warm while their owners ate breakfast at Audrey's Diner. I imagined four grizzled old men in paid flannel shirts buttoned over thermals sopping up egg yolk with white toast and talking about the chance for more snow, about the Detroit Red Wings' goaltending problems, about that new hockey rink going up in town, and maybe, if they had heard by now, about Gracie McBride. (p. 14)—From The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley (Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, 2010)
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14 comments:
This sounds very intriguing! I like the cover. My TT is at Coffee Table Press
Nice teaser, Beth. Sounds like this Gracie might have disappeared.
Merry Christmas :)
If that doesn't just put you RIGHT THERE, in the scene, I don't know what does.
I LOVE this book!! The author has a certain power over the written word. Such talent!
Good teaser. Mine is up! Tuesday Teaser - Silent Night
Brrrrr. :) Great teaser - it really seems like I could be right there in the town. Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi
Merry Christmas!
Very intriguing!
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Ren
Here is my teaser from Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately (Page 1):
"Do you hear it?" The voice was almost a whisper.
Elsa held her breath, and then she heard it too, a faint rustling of footsteps over twigs and leaves. Out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed several shadowy figures darting through the trees, and when she turned, she saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off the barrel of an assault rifle.
There was no denying it—the Taliban had found them.
Oh, Jesus! she thought. We'll never escape.
Elsa knew the Taliban's ruthless hatred; the death and destruction they wrought was undeniable.
Seized by a sickening wave of fear, she wanted to cry or throw up, but there was no time. She tried to catch Parween's eye, but her friend was looking back, intent on finding the source of the sound.
"Run!" someone shouted, and suddenly, the chase was on.
Interesting teaser. This is one I haven't heard of - sounds like I need to check it out.
I picture a small lazy town if the men could leave their trucks idling on mainstreet while they eat. :) Kaye—the road goes ever ever on and have a merry Christmas!
I could use even more lol, sounds so good . Merry Christmas.
My Teaser Tuesday
Great teaser ... shows me what detail the author can create. I can see those guys sopping up their egg yolks now!
Wow, good teaser. I'm going to have to add this to my list.
Great teaser. I love the phrasing and description.
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