See, our books are tagged “thrillers” so there’s this pressure to grab the reader by the throat early. I remember when we were writing this book, Kelly and I were concerned about its slow opening. You know the bromide about putting a body in the first chapter? This is the first dead body in our book and it comes at the end of chapter eight. Her hair.long, blond and thick with blood. Arms hanging limp, shreds of dark wet leaves stuck to them. Charlie’s long fingers pressed into her thighs. Kris wrote back with the results, introducing her findings with an excerpt from the page:Īs Charlie Oberon staggered closer into the light, everything came into focus. I invited them to put the novel to the " page 69 test." Parrish is actually the nom de plume of the sisters Kristy Montee and Kelly Montee. Parrish's latest "Louis Kincaid" mystery.
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