July 3rd's Friday Post

Welcome to Friday!  And a holiday Friday here in the US.  I'm going to kick off my long weekend with a Friday Post, where I will link up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

My teasers for the first three will be coming from The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood.

This is book five in n the Marlow Murder Club series.  It officially comes out on Tuesday, but my preorder arrived early.  So I read it, and I'll be reviewing it on Tuesday.

Here's how the book begins:

Mrs. Judith Potts looked at the woman standing outside her front door and didn't say a word. She didn't dare say a word. Her heart was racing. Her thoughts were in free fall.

Yes, this is a bit of a cheat.  It's from the prologue and is the same scene that ended book four.  Not that I remember if we had these exact words there.  But it is how this book starts.

Moving on to page 56, we find this:

"I've just received a complaint from a colleague of Gary Wise's at Wycombe Wanderers Football Club," he said to the women.
"Hello, Brendan," Judith said, refusing to be intimidated.

This book is full of humor, and that exchange captures that well for me.  Might not translate out of context, however.

Let's move on to the Book Blogger Hop, shall we?  This week's question is:

What book would make a killer soundtrack, and what would that soundtrack sound like?

I'm not quite sure what to do with this one.  I don't think of books as soundtracks.  And I'm the guy who hardly notices the music in a movie or TV show, but definitely notices when it is taken out.  I know, I'm weird.

Have a great weekend!