Sunday! Beginnings! We look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under the Spencer Quinn moniker™. Just because one of the tennis guys mentioned enjoying Their Wildest Dreams, let’s go with it. Maybe I’ll forget how bad I played on Friday. Here’s what Publishers Weekly had to say about it:
“Peter Abrahams… is once again at the top of his game in this wildly inventive, captivating caper. Make that several capers-this novel’s multiple plot threads and unlikely assortment of characters carom off each other like so many carnival bumper cars. In typical fashion, Abrahams places a gaggle of ordinary folks in what gradually become distinctly unordinary scenarios, with an ever-so-creepy edge… The author’s up-to-the-minute pop-culture references lend an easygoing immediacy, and his wry humor is spot on-when one character wants to borrow a cell phone, he’s answered, “Mind waiting a bit? Off-peak starts in three minutes.” Off-peak, however, need not be a concern to readers of this bravura thrillfest.”

And it starts like so:

Mackie dreaded the mail.