Kittling: Books

  First Line: The darkness was complete and, for someone who'd never received so much as a parking ticket, the starless night sky and bl...

  First Line: The crow waits until the guilty one disappears, then he flies down the hallway .   Alfred Smettle is not your average hotel ow...

  First Line: There should be some kind of warning when your life is about to change forever .   North Carolina's richest and most notor...

  First Lines: Terms of the Applied Arts. Deletion. Our preferred term for "murder" [vulg.], although some younger staff have lat...

  First Line: The lace curtain created patterns of splattered light on the back of Reed Ken'ts hand as he held the wispy fabric away fro...

  First Line: At that time of night, there was peace.   Calling herself a "digital archaeologist," Michaela "Mickie" Lam...

First Lines: Fade in. Parking lot. The middle of night. The middle of nowhere .   It's November 1991, and movie-obsessed Charlie Jordan ...

  First Line: She first spotted him at Bobbie's Coffee Shop on Twenty-Second Street .   Never in a million years had Abigail Baskin ever...

  First Line: Una awoke with a jerk .   It's 1986. Thirty-year-old Una is dissatisfied with her life. She lives in a shabby yet expensiv...

First Line: What kind of man am I ?   After a traumatic experience in Nottingham, Reverend Jack Brooks is transferred to the small village o...

  First Line: Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share . Twenty-five years ago, five-year-old Maggie Holt and her parents moved...

First Line: It's not a ship. It's an iceberg. Oh, thank Christ . Glaciologist Felicity Lloyd lives in fear, and it's her be...

First Line: The day she became a local legend, Olive Warren did not do as she was told . Sixteen years ago, journalist Cassie Warren...

First Line: From above, from a distance, the marks in the dust formed a tight circle . Nathan Bright's status as a hermit abruptly ...

First Line: This is the story of three days last September when eight old friends gathered in a beautiful house by the sea . Donna Weav...

First Line: All Hester Thursby wanted was a single day to herself, and today was going to be that day-- even if it killed her . Hester ...

First Line: Her husband's almost home . Anna Fox is a recluse in her New York City home. Agoraphobic, she spends her days drinking ...

First Line: Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave ? Erin, a documentary filmmaker, and Mark, an investment banker, ar...

First Line: Kate Wolfe's 3 PM appointment stood in the doorway wearing a jaw-dropping miniskirt, a light blue tee, plaid knee socks a...

First Line: For the longest time, I thought my sister, Emory, was the lucky one . The best thing she can do for herself, Cara Burrows t...