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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just open your current read to a random page and share a few sentences. Be careful not to include spoilers!

He wanted to ask where she’d been, apart from the supermarket, but he had the feeling she might have mentioned the rest of her plan to him earlier, and his failure to remember it would not be a good thing. Madeleine equated forgetting, as she equated poor hearing, with lack of interest. Maybe she was right.

Dear, dear. Our protagonist is a retired detective having a hard time staying retired, and his wife resents it. I find these few sentences to be a poignant expression of their difficulties. I’m enjoying this one so far!

This quotation comes from an uncorrected advance proof and is subject to change.

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