New Orleans. Summer. Yellow fever. There are few of us who can escape the heat, and those of us who can are regarded with suspicion, with a touch of fear. I like the life of an iceman, and I like the slim Irish lass who shares my bed. The war's been over 14 years, but I still struggle with my sins. Then, yesterday, the letter was slipped under my door. Could I deny General John Bell Hood—the man I once wanted to murder—his dying wish?
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But he was out of his mind and tore at the bedclothes I tried to draw over him. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and pulled my face down to his so that those hard, blue, stone eyes were all I could see. They looked into me as if I'd stolen something and hidden it in my skull. (p. 18)
—Both from A Separate Country by Robert Hicks (to be published September 2009)
I worked up a sweat just reading that.
ReplyDeleteSounds very intense. I like the way you wrote your Where are you? section. I really felt like I was reading the book.
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Wow. If that is just the teaser, I must read this one!
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ReplyDeleteWow, that teaser got quite physical! Mine is here.
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Sherrie
Just Books
Wow, that's quite a teaser- intense.
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser! Very tense situation described there...
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That is some intense teaser. Sounds like this might be a good book.
ReplyDeleteWell hello there! That's quite the workout for a weekday morning. :)
ReplyDeletewow, that teaser pulled me right into the action. nicely done. I am here
ReplyDeleteVery dramatic teaser.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing! Especially reading the teaser on a hot summer day like we've got here in NC.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Ooo, intriguing teaser. Here's mine.
ReplyDeletetearing at the bedclothes and blue stone eyes!??! I thought this was going to be a little risque! I read more closely and saw that it's a serious topic (yeah, I was a bit disappointed :) )
ReplyDeleteWow great teaser, that one really got my attention.
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Wow! That's a great teaser! I can't wait to read your review!
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ReplyDeleteMy teaser today is from the first Harry Potter which I am reading for Galleysmith's HP Challenge.