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!
I have a totally awesome thriller to share with you today. Taylor Stevens’s second novel, The Innocent, revisits Vanessa Michael Munroe from her first, The Informationist. I didn’t read the first one, but I am a fan now. I recognized Munroe as a sort of a female Jack Reacher; she’s also been compared to Jason Bourne and Lisbeth Sanders, so there you go. [These are the protagonists of series by Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, and Stieg Larsson, respectively.]
My teaser comes from page 178 of my galley copy:
There, crowded into every seat and the floor space between, were the same one hundred and fifty from the dining area. Together they spent an hour of dedication to The Prophet, songs and selected readings, and as Munroe assumed was the same for many in this room, she countered the boredom of it all by allowing her mind to wander free, wondering if they were so naïve as to fail to recognize the obvious – that even the most unsuspecting visitor would realize that this evening show had been put on especially for her.
This book is great adrenaline-filled fun. Stay tuned for my review, to be published in Shelf Awareness a little closer to the Dec. 27 publication date.
This quotation comes from an uncorrected advance proof and is subject to change.
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I haven’t heard of this author. I may have to look into it.
I didn’t know her before, either (this is only her second book) but I’m very impressed!
I too have never heard of this author, sounds like a good teaser here is my Teaser Tuesday
Great teaser. Thanks for sharing! If you get a chance, my teaser is here.