In The Market for Murder by T E Kinsey (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

I'm only at the 20% mark in In The Market For Murder -- T E Kinsey's follow-up to A Quiet Life In The Country. I'm already loving it, though, with Flo and Emily just as much fun and snarky as they were the first time around. I'm assuming that there's a seance going on at the 56% mark but I have no idea who the three characters mentioned are. I have no actual plans for the weekend ahead so I'm guessing I'll just curl up and read and I can't wait!

Friday 56 (share from the 56th page or 56% mark) is hosted at Freda's Voice (today 56%) 

& Book Beginnings (share the first few sentences) is at Rose City Reader.

A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey (Tuesday Intro & Teaser Tuesday)

It's Tuesday again and this week I have had the extreme pleasure of reading T E Kinsey's A Quiet Life in the Country thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley.  It follows Lady Emily Hardcastle and her lady's maid, Florence Armstrong, who have recently relocated from London to a "quiet life" in the small village of Litteton Cotterell outside of Bristol. Of course, quiet is boring and as soon as the pair stumble onto a dead body in a clearing they're determined to investigate the case and the fun just keeps on coming from there! 

I laughed hysterically at their antics and especially at their relationship. From the very beginning it's clear that they're much closer than normally expected of a Lady and maid in 1908, but there is very little "normal" about this pair. Flo was raised in the circus and Emily is a widow who just happens to dabble in moving pictures and once foiled an assassination attempt of a Bulgarian ambassador. They're an odd couple but great heaps of riotous fun. Even with murders (yes, it becomes plural), Lady Hardcastle and Flo remain an absolute delight to behold.  Snark, sarcasm and brilliance abound and I have already laid claim to Flo as my newest Spirit Animal. 

The next in the series is due out in December and I've already pre-ordered it. It'll be a long couple of months to wait, but I can already tell that these are stories I'll be able to pick up time and again whenever I need a good chortle.

"First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros" is the first paragraph (or two) of a book being read now or in the future and is hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. "Teaser Tuesday" from Books and a Beat asks for a random line or two from anywhere in the book currently being read.

The beginning:

When teasing each other about Flo giving Lady Emily a character reference: