Teaser Tuesday - The Night Watch

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

I have never participated in this, but always really enjoy reading other teasers. It seems so naughty reading ahead doesn't it? I am currently reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.

She was looking over his shoulder, still scanning the faces of passers-by. Then she took in what he'd said - and the contrast between what he was thinking and the real reason she was here seemed, all at once, to defeat her.


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