Thursday, March 6, 2025

Book Beginnings, First Line Friday, & Friday 56: Misdirection (Pros and Cons Mysteries #1) by Christy Barritt

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 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. It was started by Freda at Freda's Voice, but Anne over at My Head is Full of Books has taken over for the time being.

This week I'm featuring Misdirection (Pros and Cons Mysteries #1) by Christy Barritt.

About the Book
One high-risk assignment. Two dangerous secrets.

As a teen, Olive Sterling's entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She’s learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm.

Her latest assignment seems straightforward: Identify a corporate mole who plans to sell dangerous classified technology to foreign operatives. When Olive runs into Jason Stewart—the only man she's ever loved—at her target company, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble.

With thousands of lives on the line, Olive can’t afford to make a mistake. But as bodies start dropping and suspicions rise, Olive must decide: Can she trust Jason with the truth? Or will exposing the painful secrets from her past prove to be a deadly mistake?

The first book in the pulse-pounding Pros and Cons series, MISDIRECTION is a high-stakes thriller about betrayal, redemption, and the fine line between truth and deception.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday
Eight Years Ago
Olive Sterling meandered down the dark sidewalk, in no hurry to get back to her house.

Friday 56
Olive braced herself for the coming confrontation, knowing it would be ugly. But she couldn't put it off any longer. 

What have you been reading lately?

14 comments:

  1. Whew. I'm not sure if I could go on if my whole family was murdered!

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    1. I don't think I would be able to either!
      Hope you have a great week! :)

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  2. Huh! That sounds pretty good. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thanks for coming by, Lauren! Have a great week! :)

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  3. She's started yet another series? Does she ever take a day off?! ;D

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    1. It doesn't seem like it! I have no idea how she writes so fast. Or how she keeps coming up with new ideas.
      Hope you have a wonderful week, Lark! :D

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  4. This book sounds so sad and dramatic. Wow.

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    1. It's not as sad as the synonpsis makes it seem. It has some lighter moments. It is tragic what happened to her family though. I can't even imagine. Hope you have a great week, Anne! :)

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  5. What a hard life she's had. I bet she's good at her job. This sounds intense.

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    1. It had a good balance of intense and lighter moments. It was so sad what happened to her family. Hopefully we'll get some answers about that in future books.
      Hope you have a wonderful week! :)

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  6. I will never catch up on her books, LOL! I have two of hers from the library that I hope to get to soon.

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    1. I hope you enjoy those books! I try to read at least one of her books a month and I'm still hopelessly behind, lol. I don't know how she writes so quick!

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  7. Great lines. Sounds like a good read.

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