First chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim


First Chapter ~ First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, now hosted by Vicki at I'd Rather Be At The Beach, where bloggers post the first paragraph(s) of a book they are currently reading or planning to read sometime soon.

I sincerely hope to read this particular book before the year is out. Right now its in the final round of Goodreads Choice Nominee for 2019, for Mystery and Thriller, and prior to that, it also held a debut category. Even the page, which I will share here, promises instant seduction. What book are you excited about reading? 

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

The Incident 

Miracle Creek, Virginia

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn't even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first. It was such a small thing, what he wanted. The police had just released the protesters, and while he stepped out to make sure they weren't coming back, I was to sit in his chair. Cover for him, the way coworkers do as a matter of course, the way we ourselves used to at the grocery store, while I ate or he smoked. But as I took his seat, I bumped against the desk, and the certificate above it went slightly crooked as if to remind me that this wasn't a regular business, that there was a reason he'd never left me in charge before.

Pak reached over me to straighten the frame, his eyes on the English lettering: Pak Yoo, Miracle Submarine LLC, Certified Hyperbaric Technician. He said-eyes still on the certificate, as if talking to it, not to me- "Everything's done. The patients are sealed in, the oxygen's on. You just have to sit here." He looked at me. "That's it."

Comments

  1. Sassy Brit @ Alternative-Read.comNovember 26, 2019 at 2:25 AM

    Love a book about lies.. they always come back to haunt them!

    Here's my Tuesday post.

    Have a great day!

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    1. SvetaNovember 27, 2019 at 2:10 AM

      LOL I strongly agree. How easier would it be if they tell the truth, but then, the book won't be nowhere as fun :)

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  2. Beth FNovember 26, 2019 at 6:10 AM

    This has been on my radar, but that opening really makes me want to read it.

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  3. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaNovember 26, 2019 at 7:04 AM

    I LOVED this book; hope you do as well! Here is my pick:
    https://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2019/11/first-chapter-first-paragraph-tuesday_26.html

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    1. SvetaNovember 27, 2019 at 2:14 AM

      Wow, I should read your review and see what you loved about it.

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  4. Nise' November 26, 2019 at 9:04 AM

    I am intrigued by the opening and learning that Diane loved it, it is going on my TBR list.

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    1. SvetaNovember 27, 2019 at 2:19 AM

      Hopefully you will have a chance to read it and enjoy it!

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  5. Gimme The ScoopNovember 26, 2019 at 3:49 PM

    I almost added this one to my TBR last week but hadn't heard much about it. Think I'll just go add it now! LOL

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    1. SvetaNovember 27, 2019 at 2:19 AM

      LOL please do. Am happy that my intro convinced you to add it.

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  6. Girl Who ReadsNovember 26, 2019 at 5:59 PM

    Very intriguing opening. I want to know why it isn't a regular kind of business.

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    1. SvetaNovember 27, 2019 at 2:22 AM

      I haven't read it, but it does deal with hyperbaric chamber, which means supplying intense amount of oxygen to people who suffer from autism to infertility, etc. Hopefully you will get a chance to read it.

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  7. SvetaNovember 29, 2019 at 2:39 AM

    There is one book where a lie is not found out that I can think of, but pretty much in 99.9 percent of books, lies are always discovered :)

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