Tuesday, March 27, 2012

First Chapter First Paragraph - Children of the Fog

Title: Children of the Fog
Author: Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Publisher: Imajin Books (February 26, 2011) Pgs 280
Format: eBook
Genre: Suspense



Hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea





Prologue

May 14th, 2006

She was ready to die.

She sat at the kitchen table--a nearly empty bottle of Philip’s precious red wine in one hand, a loaded gun in the other. Staring at the foreign chunk of metal, she willed it to vanish. But it didn’t.

Sadie checked the gun and noted the single bullet.

“One’s all you need.”

If she did it right.


Synopsis

YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION:
Let A Kidnapper Take Your Child, Or Watch Your Son Die.
Choose!

Sadie O'Connell is a bestselling author and a proud mother. But her life is about to spiral out of control. After her six-year-old son Sam is kidnapped by a serial abductor, she nearly goes insane. But it isn't just the fear and grief that is ripping her apart. It's the guilt. Sadie is the only person who knows what the kidnapper looks like. And she can't tell a soul. For if she does, her son will be sent back to her in "little bloody pieces".

When Sadie's unfaithful husband stumbles across her drawing of the kidnapper, he sets into play a series of horrific events that sends her hurtling over the edge. Sadie's descent into alcoholism leads to strange apparitions and a face-to-face encounter with the monster who abducted her son--a man known only as...The Fog.

3 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

I like the intro and enjoy books like this from timt to time, especially on a cold winter;s night...LOL enjoy

Margot said...

This sound like a parent's nightmare. I like the intro but I'm not sure I'd stay with the whole story.
My First Paragraph is here: Quirky Girls Read

Nise' said...

The opening definitely has the power to hook you!