Another First Line Friday, friends, hosted by Hoarding Books. Today I’m sharing the first line from the second book in Nancy Mehl’s Kaely Quinn Profiler series. Publishers Weekly says, “Kaely is a complicated, imperfect, and effective investigator who will please series fans.” That’s pretty high praise coming from PW, so make sure you take a look at this series when you are next in the market for a suspense read! Thanks to the lovely folk at Bethany House Publishers, we are giving away a copy of Firestorm, so be sure to enter the giveaway via the Rafflecopter form below.
First Line
The Book
When FBI profiler Kaely Quinn’s brother asks for help caring for their unwell mother, Kaely finds herself headed to Darkwater, Nebraska. When she arrives, she learns the small town has been facing a series of fires. While the fire chief attributes them to the misuse of space heaters in the frigid winter, Kaely identifies a pattern that makes her suspect they were no accident.
After yet another blaze devastates a local family, Kaely’s suspicions turn to certainty. Together with her partner from St. Louis, Noah Hunter, and her brother’s firefighter neighbor, Kaely and her team begin an investigation that swiftly leads them down a twisted path. When the truth is finally revealed, Kaely finds herself confronting a madman who is determined his last heinous act will be her death.
Nancy Mehl (www.nancymehl.com) is the author of more than thirty books, including the Road to Kingdom, Finding Sanctuary, and Defenders of Justice series. She received the ACFW Mystery Book of the Year Award in 2009. She has a background in social work and is a member of ACFW and RWA. She writes from her home in Missouri, where she lives with her husband, Norman, and their Puggle, Watson. She is part of The Suspense Sisters: www.suspensesisters.blogspot.com, along with several other popular suspense authors. She is also very active on Facebook.
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August 31, 2019 at 2:29 am
I chose chapter two of One Final Breath by Lynn Blackburn:
Anissa brought up the rear of their somber crew as they each nodded at Bill, the security guard in the Carrington Memorial Hospital emergency department.
I loved all three books in this series.
Loved Fire Storm!
August 31, 2019 at 9:33 am
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from A Glitter of Gold by Liz Johnson: “Anne Norris knew two things for certain. Some things could be forgiven. And some things most certainly could not.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-line-fridays-glitter-of-gold-by.html
August 31, 2019 at 9:50 am
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first line from The Art of Rivers by Janet Ferguson: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/08/29/first-line-friday-99/. Currently I’m finishing up Finding Miss Enderly by Joanna Davidson Politano. I’ll share a line from that book here. 🙂
“As we hurried through the hallway, his grip on my arm tightened until I half expected to hear my bones snap.”
Hope you have a great weekend filled with awesome reading time. 🙂❤📚
September 5, 2019 at 8:06 pm
Nicole Santana » A great story!
August 31, 2019 at 11:35 am
Happy Friday!
I shared the first few lines of my current read Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron on my blog. But, here, I’ll share the first lines of a book I recently finished – City of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty.
“He was an easy mark.
Nahri smiled behind her veil, watching the two men bicker as they approached her tall. The younger one glanced anxiously down the alley while the older man – her client – sweated in the cool dawn air. Save for the men, the alley was empty; fajr had already been called and anyone devout enough for public prayer – not that there were many in her neighborhood – was already ensconced in the small mosque at the end of the street.”
Hope you enjoyed that. Have a great weekend!
September 5, 2019 at 8:05 pm
Rachel » Very atmospheric – thank you!
August 31, 2019 at 12:52 pm
Somewhere in Turkey
KILLING SOMEONE CHANGED a person-irrevocably altered how they viewed life, each breath, and each day..or the next kill. LYGOS by Ronie Kendig
Happy weekend, Rel!
September 5, 2019 at 8:05 pm
Caryl Kane » Thank you, Caryl – sorry for the late response!
August 31, 2019 at 6:48 pm
“The man staring back at me looks old.” – As the Light Fades by Catherine West
August 31, 2019 at 11:54 pm
I’m currently reading Unshakable Hope by Max Lucado. The first line is “The contrast between the rabbi and the king was stark.”
September 1, 2019 at 12:07 am
Sorry I didn’t get around yesterday! The book I shared on my blog this week was In the Shadow of Denali by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse but I am now currently reading Out of the Ashes which is the next book in the series. I just recently started but I’ll share the first line from chapter 2 here: “Gazing down at the coffin that housed his father’s physical body, Jean-Michel counted the scoops of dark soil as they hit the lid and began to cover its surface.” Hope you have a great weekend with plenty of quality reading time! 🙂
September 5, 2019 at 8:04 pm
BECCA WEIDEL » Thanks Becca – had a VERY busy weekend! It was Father’s Day here in Australia and my youngest’s 16th birthday the same day 🙂 Hope you got more reading in than I did!!
September 1, 2019 at 12:16 am
Pinch myself and say I AM AWAKE once an hour. It is the first line from Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
September 1, 2019 at 3:03 am
“I knelt at my recliner in the dark living room, overwhelmed with increasing back pain and frustrated over another setback in my healing journey.” This is the first line in Xochitl Dixon’s “Waiting for God.” Thanks for the giveaway; I loved the first book in this series!
September 1, 2019 at 4:17 am
“A sharp clatter jerked Grace Callahan out of the novel she was reading.”
~ A Secret to Die For by Lisa Harris
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of FIRESTORM!!!
September 5, 2019 at 8:03 pm
Alison Boss » You are welcome!
September 1, 2019 at 6:01 am
The caskets were closed, of course.
How the Light Gets In by Jolina Petersheim
September 2, 2019 at 2:55 am
Happy Labor Day Weekend! My first line is from A Love So Real (New Hope Falls Book 1) by Kimberly Rae Jordan:
“Elijah McNamara gave the lightbulb one final gentle turn then glanced down at the man holding the ladder for him.”
September 2, 2019 at 8:34 pm
First line from The Bull Rider’s Secret by Jill Lynn: Mackenzie Wilder didn’t want to kill her brother in the true sense, just in the what-were-you-thinking. cartoon-wringing-of-the-neck sense.
September 5, 2019 at 8:03 pm
Vivian Furbay » Haha! Fun line 🙂
September 2, 2019 at 11:21 pm
Elizabeth Byler Younts’s The Solace of Water: “My skin was the same color as the soil. I pushed my hands into the ground and it had hardened some since my visit a week earlier. My hands barely left a dent when I lifted them. I put them back and pressed harder. Tiny bright-green blades of grass were growing and the dirt didn’t look so newly turned over no more. Made me mad. Grass growing over my boy’s grave.”
I’m looking forward to her next book, The Bright Unknown, coming out next month!
September 5, 2019 at 8:03 pm
Megan » Such a fabulous book! It was a recent book club selection for us.
September 22, 2019 at 1:36 pm
Awesome! Elizabeth Byler Younts is a friend of mine. 🙂 Our church had a book club meeting for the book–so fun to have the author there when you talk about a book. I’m excited for her about the next one coming out–a totally different plot, but a wonderful read too.
September 4, 2019 at 1:27 am
“The council has denied your appeal, Miss Kemp.” from ‘More Than Words Can Say’ by Karen Witemeyer
September 5, 2019 at 8:01 pm
Amy M. » I must read more of Karen’s stories! How are you, lovely? xo
September 4, 2019 at 6:34 am
“Four years ago on my thirtieth birthday, I had two very important realizations.” From The Wooing of Cadie McCaffrey by Bethany Turner.
September 5, 2019 at 8:01 pm
Merry » Great book!
September 5, 2019 at 2:24 am
“Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.” (Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
September 5, 2019 at 7:56 pm
Linda Leonard » Great line!
September 5, 2019 at 4:55 pm
Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.
September 5, 2019 at 7:56 pm
NANCY » Wow! That’s an intense first line – which book?
September 6, 2019 at 3:02 am
I like it when books surprise me. 🙂 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng