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Every Tuesday Vicki at I’d Rather Be At the Beach hosts First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros, where we share the first paragraph or two of a book we are reading or thinking about reading soon.
Mine comes from True Fiction by Lee Goldberg.
The assassin wore only a Speedo and his lean body was slathered with sunscreen that made him smell like a baked coconut. His name was Doric Thane and he sat on a poolside chaise lounge that faced Waikiki. To his right, and in the distance, was Honolulu International Airport. Behind him, the hotel tower stood against the backdrop of Diamond Head volcano and pale kids with floaties around their chubby arms frolicked loudly in the overchlorinated pool. There was a closed MacBook on his lap and a cold lava flow cocktail on the table beside him. He scratched absently at the puckered gunshot scar on his stomach and sighed with contentment.
Thane opened his MacBook and a detailed simulation of an airplane cockpit control panel filled his screen. The photo-realistic animated graphic looked identical to the actual control panel in the cockpit of TransAmerican Flight 976, which at that very moment was preparing to depart from Honolulu filled with sunburned tourists in loud aloha shirts and board shorts heading back to Cleveland.
Wow, this one sounds like a page turner. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “MAP OF THE HEART”
I think it sounds like a good thriller.
Uh oh, sounds like he’s up to nothing good, and I’d keep reading to find out what it is.
I agree – of course he is an assassin, so he’s probably usually up to no good.
That’s a great opener. How can I not keep reading? I have to know if this is the assassin.
It does get you interested in the story doesn’t it? And I love that he smells like a “baked coconut.”
Count me in.
I think it should be good and probably a quick read.
I’d keep reading to find out what the picture on his e-reader has to do with the flight to Cleveland. Good opening.
My Tuesday post features Slightly South of Simple.
I have the feeling it doesn’t bode well for the people on the flight.
An assassin in a Speedo is certainly a new one on me. I’d keep reading!