So as not to show any spoilers I have not included a synopsis, however, you can find out more about the story by simply clicking on the cover image.
If you don’t really want to read any major spoilers, then you can tease yourself a little more, by reading the first few lines of the story … here
The cemetery was a square plot of ground, enclosed by a high wall with ornamental turrets at the corners. The dead lay inside this fortified enclosure in rows as neat as those in the Martins’ kitchen-garden. They rotted quietly; like the dropped fruit you found hidden under the leaves of the tomato plants.
Paperback edition page 107
The wobbly singing of the little choir stopped. One of the altar-boys looked about uncertainly, then went on swinging his censer. Another struggled to relight his taper, extinguished by the wind. A third held a bucket of water towards the priest.
Paperback edition page 110
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by … Jenn at ‘A Daily Rhythm’
Anyone can take part, by just doing the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
- Share a couple of “teaser” sentences, from somewhere on that page.
- Be careful not to share “spoiler” sentences.
- Remember to share the title and author too.
- Head on over to ‘should be reading’ and leave a link to your post, so that others can share it and you can share other people’s.
It would be great if you then decided to leave a comment for Jenn, as we all like to receive them and are interested in sharing your thoughts.
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