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Well! I never saw this coming!
Girl Most Likely
by Max Allan Collins
Teaser Tuesday

An open book led on a table with a lilac flower resting on the open pages - featured image for Teaser Tuesday posts - caption reads 'Take A Look - Read The Book?'

I got a little carried away with reading this one and found myself up round the 70% finished level on my Kindle, before I realised that I hadn’t made a note of any ‘teaser’ lines. The ever shifting storyline really does keep you glued to the pages, so a little later than usual…

For all you ‘random page surfers’ out there –

TEASER LINESCHAPTER 21KINDLE EDITION

Cover Image Of The Book 'Girl Most Likely' By Author Max Allan Collins“You are not anxious to do this.

Well, that’s not exactly right. You are anxious, in the sense that anxiety is a low fluctuating hum beneath your surface calm. You are prepared to do this only to protect yourself. You really have no wish to hurt her. The memories with this one are too fresh. Too sweet. Too vivid.

But you will probably have to do it.

And, you tell yourself, several other important functions may well be served. Confusing the issue is one. Throwing suspicion elsewhere is another. Sentiment cannot be allowed to defeat self-preservation.

First, you must check on the person to whom you hope attention will be drawn. Is he at home tonight? That could prove a deciding factor. If he is with her, or is planning to meet her when she gets off work, you would have two people with which to deal, simultaneously … and that would not do.”

THE PREMISE

Cover Image Of The Book 'Girl Most Likely' By Author Max Allan CollinsIn a small Midwest town, twenty-eight-year-old Krista Larson has made her mark as the youngest female police chief in the country. She’s learned from the best: her father, Keith, a decorated former detective. But as accustomed as they are to the relative quiet of their idyllic tourist town, things quickly turn with Krista’s ten-year high school reunion.

With the out-of-towners holed up in a lakefront lodge, it doesn’t take long to stir up old grudges and resentments. Now a successful TV host, Astrid Lund, voted the “Girl Most Likely to Succeed”—and then some—is back in town. Her reputation as a dogged reporter has made the stunning blonde famous. Her reputation among her former classmates and rivals has made her infamous. Astrid’s list of enemies is a long one. And as the reunion begins, so does a triple murder investigation.

Krista and her father are following leads and opening long-locked doors from their hometown to the Florida suburbs to Chicago’s underworld. They just never imagined what would be revealed: the secrets and scandals of Krista’s own past.

So you have taken a look, will you read the book?  Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

The mem host image for Teaser Tuesday, updated December 2016 'The Purple Booker'Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia @ ‘The Purple Booker‘. Each week she shares her own teaser lines and invites other bloggers to do the same. So if you have a few moments, why not stop by and see what’s on offer this time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yvonne

I can’t remember a time, even as a child, when I haven’t been passionate about books and reading.
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