Gordon’s Place

There are three novels sitting on my desk, all newly arrived from Amazon. I couldn’t work out which one to start on first ( kid in the sweet shop syndrome ), so I read the first sentence of each. Which do you fancy? The first one hooked me.

Some hours before dawn Henry Perowne, a neurosurgeon, wakes to find himself already in motion, pushing back the covers froma sitting position, and then rising to his feet.

Clare: It’s hard being left behind.

Shadow had done three years in prison.