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First Lines Friday - 21st August

Hey Bookworms
First Lines Fridays is my weekly feature for all you bookworms out there in need a little inspiration.
I have been posting these over on Instagram for a while but decided to further my reach.
Each Friday I will attempt to hook you in by posting the first handful of lines of a book that I recommend for you all to read, this way I can allow the story to grab you with the magic of its opening lines rather then an eye grabbing cover or a catchy blurb adorning the back.
Then I will reveal the book and include purchase links at the end.
The first lines of this week's chosen book are. . .
โ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ; ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆโ
And the book is . . . .

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
I am so excited to share with you the first few lines to Stuart Turtonโs new novel The Devil & the Dark Water!
I absolutely loved this mystery read and can not recommend enough his first story The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
The synopsis is below ๐๐ป
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The Devil and the Dark Water
An impossible murder A remarkable detective duo A demon who may or may not exist
It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent, while also on board are Sara Wessel, a noble woman with a secret, and her husband, the governor general of Batavia.
But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A strange symbol appears on the sail. A dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock are slaughtered in the night.
And then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness, promising them three unholy miracles.
First: an impossible pursuit.
Second: an impossible theft.
Third: an impossible murder.
Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?
With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
What do you think?
Does this sound like a book you would love to read?
Let me know in the comments below โ
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