May 1st's Friday Post

Happy May Day!  Let's celebrate with a Friday Post, where I will link up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

This week, my teasers from the first three will be coming from Between a Roquefort and a Hard Place by Linda Reilly.

This is book seven in her Grilled Cheese Mysteries.  It came out a couple of weeks ago, but with the short turn around (this publisher always announces stuff last minute), I wasn't able to work the ARC into my reading schedule before now.

Here's how the book begins:

Carly Hale Mitchell’s gaze flitted all around the elegantly appointed parlor. She could easily imagine she’d been dropped into an episode of Downton Abbey.

So, the question on my mind was where is our main character?  Of course, we find out exactly where Carly was within the next few sentences.

Meanwhile, at 56% into the eARC, we find this:

Emotion clogging her throat, she hurried out and closed the door.

Just what has upset her?  I'll leave it for you to find out.

I've finished this one, and I enjoyed it.  I'll be reviewing it on Tuesday, so I hope you'll come back then to read my full review.

Meanwhile, let's take a look at this week's Book Blogger Hop.  The question is:

Is there a book you've been meaning to read forever but haven’t gotten to yet?

So many books!  I did read one of them back in January, The Big Boat to Bye-Bye by Ellis Weiner.  I'm sure if I spent much time looking at my shelves (or my Kindle collection), I'd find many that fit the bill.  But one that sprang immediately to mind is Baby Crimes by Randall Hicks.  I read the first in the series and bought the trade paperback of this book when it came out almost 20 years ago.  But I still haven't read it.  I really should fix that, should I?

Have a great weekend!