Beginnings

Sunday is when we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under the Spencer Quinn monikerâ„¢. For the past 2 weeks we’ve been doing my Echo Falls trilogy for younger readers, so let’s go with the start of INTO THE DARK, book 3.

“Brucie?” said Jill Monteiro, director of the Prescott Players.
“Could we have that line again?”
“‘Do not vorry, my little Gretel,'” Bruce said. “‘All vill be vell.'”
Jill gazed at him for a moment, her dark eyes thoughtful. “That would be a German accent?”
“Jawohl, Kommandant,” said Brucie.

(Tomorrow we’ll answer some of the FB questions – so many great ones! – on Question Time.)