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Thanks to Rose City Reader for hosting this meme. To participate, share the first line or two of the book you are currently reading and, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line.

Ah, it’s Friday again, kids! I have a new thriller to begin with you this week. A front-cover quotation from the Los Angeles Daily News calls Timothy Hallinan “a modern successor to Raymond Chandler,” which are strong words; we shall see. This book begins:

Irwin Dressler crossed one eye-agonizing plaid leg over the other, leaned back on a white leather couch half the width of the Queen Mary, and said, “Junior, I’m disappointed in you.”

If Dressler had said that to me the first time I’d been hauled up to his Bel Air estate for a command appearance, I’d have dropped to my knees and begged for a painless death.

Some clever over-the-top character sketching there, I’d say. All right, I’ll keep reading.

How are you starting off your reading weekend?

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

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