It’s First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one (or in my case sometimes several) of the books that you are currently reading.
Her husband’s almost home. He’ll catch her this time.
There isn’t a scrap of curtain, not a blade of blind, in number 212–the rust-red townhome that once housed the newlywed Motts, until recently, until they un-wed. I never met either Mott, but occasionally I check in online: his LinkedIn profile, her Facebook page. Their wedding registry lives on at Macy’s. I could still buy them flatware.”
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
The Legal Alien 
What a snoopy neighbor.:-) I like this opening, but I’m not sure if I like the person who’s doing the observing.
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We learn later that she has agoraphobia due to a recent trauma, which has kept her indoors for about 10 months. I think she is snooping as a way to live vicariously through others and/or to occupy her time, since she’s stuck at home.
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Oh, how interesting! Now I kinda like her. It’s akin to Rear Window.
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