It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. Today I’m sharing from The Art Fiasco by British author Fiona Veitch Smith. It’s the fifth book in her Poppy Denby mystery series, but the first one I’ve seen. I’m looking forward to reading it.
Here’s the first line of Chapter One:
What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?
About The Art Fiasco
One of Aunt Dot’s guests is the world-renowned artist, Agnes Robson, who is staging an exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery. Reluctantly, Poppy is roped in to help when the artist’s press liaison man falls ill.
She soon discovers that the local press has dug up some dirt on Agnes relating to the tragic death of a young art teacher in Ashington Colliery, twenty-seven years earlier. As she tries to suppress the story, Poppy begins to suspect that the teacher might have been murdered and that the killer may still be on the loose…
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