Saturday, June 11, 2022

Blue 52


 Welcome to my blog. Today I'd like to share an excerpt from my all time favorite book Blue 52. On Sunday when you finish here you can go to www.wewriwa.blogspot.com for more excerpts from a talented group of authors. 

Blurb:

First Lady Kills President Lovinggood" 

December 5, 2018 

Thirty years later, Hank Lovinggood embarks on a quest to prove his mother's innocence and punish the killers who took his family from him. Together Hank and lovely physicist Dr. Kathryn Sinclair confront an implacable, twisted, and merciless enemy who'll do whatever it takes to hide the truth forever.


Last Week's Excerpt: 

On impulse, Hank wandered to the room next door and

peered inside.
This room, which was decorated in an old-fashioned,

traditional style, had belonged to his father. Naturally, his parents had had their own home, but the Lovinggoods had been a close family; his parents had often spent the night with his grandparents. They had always stayed in the room that his dad used before his marriage.

In spite of clichés and mental health issues, his grandfather refused to let anyone change the room. A hair brush filled with short, blond hair still lay on the bathroom vanity, and his father’s jacket still hung on the bedpost.

His grandmother had raised hell about it, but his grandfather had had his way. I agree with Grandma. When the house comes to me, I’ll clear everything from the room.

Maybe.
Hank turned around to go back to his own room, but 
instead he removed the jacket from the bedpost. Funny, but he’d lived in this house all of his life and never thought to try it on.

The jacket, a charcoal gray sports coat that smelled musty and felt too soft, fit perfectly. Hank flinched when he saw himself in the mirror; it almost looked as if his father had returned to change his clothes for dinner. Everyone said he resembled his dad, but until he saw himself in the mirror he usually didn’t think much about it. Jerking the jacket off, he hung it on the bedpost. He hated this room, this tribute to the past!

Today's Excerpt: 

6 comments:

  1. I wonder what significance the 24th poses? Thanksgiving? Or a death anniversary? You've piqued my curiosity. :-)

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  2. Teresa, yes, there's a reason why reburial will be on the 24th. I doubt you would guess what it is.

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  3. I'm curious to know why the 24th seemed to surprise him. Intrigued.

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  4. Right - what's the special interest in the 24th?

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  5. So you left us all curious as to what's so important about the 24th????
    Tweeted.

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  6. I'm with the others. What is it about the 24th?

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