A First

Some books and authors just resonate with me immediately (see other first lines here). Lawrence Sanders is a reseonater apparently. I'm surprised I'm compelled tor read on, but I am.

MEN TREAT ME WITH amusement, women with sympathy. My name is Mary Lou Bateson, but the nickname “Dunk” followed me from Des Moines to New York City. I am almost six-two— in my bare feet. When I wear heels, I loom— or so a man once told me. 

“Don’t worry about it, Dunk,” Daddy advised. “People look up to you.”

That will give you an idea of his quirky sense of humor.

Sanders, Lawrence - The Eighth Commandment