Thursday, August 15, 2024

Book Beginnings, First Line Friday, & Friday 56: A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mysteries #1) by Annelise Ryan

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. I'm also linking up with Carrie at Reading is My Superpower for First Line Friday. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two. Freda is taking a hiatus right now, but Anne over at My Head is Full of Books has taken over in the meantime.

This week I'm featuring A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mysteries #1) by Annelise Ryan.

About the Book
A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that just might be proof of a fabled lake monster in this first installment of a new mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan.

Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she’s not tending the store, she’s hunting cryptids—creatures whose existence is rumored, but never proven to be real. It’s a hobby that cost her parents their lives, but one she’ll never give up on.

So when a number of bodies turn up on the shores of Lake Michigan with injuries that look like bites from a giant unknown animal, police chief Jon Flanders turns to Morgan for help. A skeptic at heart, Morgan can’t turn down the opportunity to find proof of an entity whose existence she can’t definitively rule out. She and her beloved rescue dog, Newt, journey to the Death's Door strait to hunt for a homicidal monster in the lake—but if they’re not careful, they just might be its next victims.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday
He shut down the motor and let the boat drift, one hand on his pole, the other grabbing his nearly empty beer.

Friday 56
Newt cocked his head sideways, staring at Jon as if he, too, were waiting for whatever edict was about to be handed down.

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6 comments:

  1. Mark BakerAugust 16, 2024 at 12:01 AM

    I'm curious what you thought of this one. It crossed my radar, but I passed on it, at least initially.

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    1. Ashley SappAugust 18, 2024 at 10:38 AM

      It was good, but not a favorite. There were a lot of long descriptions of the scenery and history of the setting that kinda slowed the pace. And the mystery was a tad predictable, but despite that, I'm still interested in checking out book two.

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  2. Lark August 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM

    I thought this one was a fun mystery. Not as cryptid-heavy as I would have liked, but I really liked all the characters. Especially Newt. :D

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    1. Ashley SappAugust 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM

      I loved Newt! What a great dog! I wished there would've been more cryptid-action too. Have you read the second book? I'm curious if it'll be more cryptid-focused.

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  3. Anne@HeadFullofBooksAugust 16, 2024 at 4:23 PM

    I had to read and reread the tile before Door County came into focus in my mind. I kept thinking is was saying "Indoor" but is lacked an "s" and didn't make sense to me. Ha! Hope this one is good and I hope for all our sakes that the Loch Ness Monster has not made it to Wisconsin!

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