Sentence Sneak Peek - The Body Finder

The first sentence from each chapter of The Body Finder, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

*Italicized sentences are from the interludes between some chapters when you read about what the killer is thinking.

*Highlighted part is to prevent spoilers.

 Prologue: "VIOLET AMBROSE WANDERED AWAY FROM THE safety of her father as she listened to the harmony of sounds weaving delicately around her."

"THE SOUND OF THE ALARM CLOCK WAS AN irritating intrusion into the comfortable haze of sleep that wrapped its arms around Violet."

"THE RAIN MADE IT EASIER FOR HIM TO GET around unnoticed."

"AFTER THE FIRST FEW ROCKY DAYS OF SCHOOL, at least as far as her feelings for Jay went, Violet started to feel better."

"SLEEP WAS HARD TO HOLD ON TO THAT NIGHT, elusive and slippery, evading her at every turn."

"THE LAKE HOUSE WAS CROWDED WITH TEEN-agers, and they seemed to be coming and going in waves."

"HELP ARRIVED IN THE FORM OF THE Bonney Lake Police Department and East Pierce Fire and Rescue, the first responders in this part of the lake."

"THE CHAOS OF THE SCENE WAS DELICIOUS."

"THAT DAY, THE ONE AT THE LAKE, WAS LIKE THE last day of summer . . . not just for Violet, but for everyone."

"BY MONDAY, EVERYONE AT SCHOOL HAD HEARD about the discovery of a second body."

"VIOLET SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON brooding . . . getting angrier and angrier, and feeling worse and worse."

"EACH HUNT WAS AS UNIQUE AS THE GIRL HERSELF."

"OOH, I LIKE THOSE ONES," CLAIRE EVERTON gushed as Violet lifted the hems of her jeans to show off another pair of shoes."

"JAY CAME OVER AS SOON AS VIOLET CALLED HIM; she didn't even have to give him a reason."

"SUNDAY, VIOLET AND JAY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY at the local mall."

"THE ATMOSPHERE AT SCHOOL WAS MUCH MORE somber than it had been after the previous disappearances."

"VIOLET SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF GRADY'S souped-up, five-year-old Nissan Sentra."

"HE WORE THE COVER OF DARKNESS LIKE A NIGHT-time shroud."

"BY FRIDAY, DAY FIVE OF JAY'S EVASION OF VIOLET, she was starting to feel abandoned for good."

"THEY COULD HEAR THE PARTY LONG BEFORE they ever reached Olivia Hildebrand's house."

"WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE GIRL WALKING ALONE down the narrow, darkened street, he nearly overlooked her."

"VIOLET HATED THE ANGRY TEARS THAT BURNED her eyes as she stumbled over an unseen rock on the ground in front of her."

"VIOLET STAYED AWAKE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT, thinking over and over again about what had happened."

"BY THE TIME HER UNCLE REACHED HER, VIOLET felt only a little more in control of herself."

"IT WAS ANOTHER RESTLESS NIGHT FOR VIOLET, but this time it had nothing to do with Jay."

"FROM WHERE HE STOOD HE COULD SEE THE weathered facade of the aging farmhouse."

"THE NEXT MORNING WAS STRANGE FOR VIOLET."

"HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS LUCK."

"VIOLET SHOVED THE EARBUDS INTO HER EARS and pressed the button on her iPod until she found the song she was looking for."

"WHEN VIOLET AWOKE, SHE WAS CONFUSED."

"DESPITE LISTENING TO THE REASSURING WORDS repeated by her parents, and by her uncle and even Jay, Violet was having a hard time trusting that she was safe."

"IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR VIOLET TO ADJUST TO the idea of going to the dance."

"THE DAY OF THE DANCE WAS LIKE A DREAM."

"SHE WAS EASY TO SPOT, THE GIRL, CHIEF AMBROSE'S niece."

"THE GIRLS' BATHROOM, THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE interior gymnasium doors, was a central hub of activity, and as soon as they went inside, Chelsea changed her mind about being there."

"JAY STOOD AT THE EDGE OF THE DANCE FLOOR, still holding Violet's purse and scanning the darkened gym-nasium, searching for her."

"VIOLET'S ARMS WERE ACHING FROM TRYING TO keep up with him, but she refused to complain or even to slow down."

Epilogue: "VIOLET LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AT THE FIRST snowfall of the season."