"... And then the murders began."

[RanVor]

Does it have to be a book?

Thursday, October 31st. The city streets are crowded for the holiday. Even with the rain. And then the murders began.
The Batman

Sorry, I just saw the movie yesterday and I'm still thinking about it. It's really good. This is a 100% accurate description of the plot, btw.

[dmeck7755]

When the world was new, the seven Gods dwelt in harmony, and the races of man were as one people.
Then the murders began

(Pawn of Prophecy - The Belgariad #1 David Eddings)

[thegreyarea]

There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. And he spoke to them, propounding to them themes of music; and they sang before him, and he was glad; and then the murders began.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

(dmeck, I believe that considering human history any creational description/myth will, sadly, fit quite well with "...and then the murders began")

(Ran, thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to see it. But I have a text to read before...   )

[wavewright62]

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it - it was the black kitten's fault entirely. And then the murders began.
--Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy, and then the murders began.
--Stephen J. Hawking, A Brief History of Time

I am Sam, Sam I am, and then the murders began.
--Dr Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham

[dmeck7755]

No Curtain, No scenery
And then the murders happened

(Our Town - Thornton Wilder)

[Yastreb]

Rachel clutched her doll tighter to her chest and stared at the dark thing watching her from the bushes. And then the murders began.
Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears

It was the wolfish snarl on Hawkston's thin lips, the red glare in his eyes, which first roused terrified suspicion in the Arab's mind, there in the deserted hut on the outskirts of the little town of Azem. And then the murders began.
Robert E. Howard, Blood of the Gods

[thegreyarea]

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth... and then the murders began.

Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind

(actually this is from the book's back cover. If we used the first sentence from the first chapter it would be:
About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang. And then the murders began.
Which would also be true...)

[Yastreb]

Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. And then the murders began.
Edgar Allen Poe, The Gold Bug

[thegreyarea]

It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed... and then the murders began.

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

[thegreyarea]

Brother Francis Gerard of Utah might never have discovered the blessed documents, had it not been for the pilgrim with girded loins who appeared during that young novice’s Lenten fast in the desert... and then the murders began.

Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle For Leibowitz

[thegreyarea]

For a week Mr. R. Childan had been anxiously watching the mail. But the valuable shipment from the Rocky Mountain States had not arrived... and then the murders began.

Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

(another quite accurate one)
(What? Loving this thread? Me? Nonsense!  )

[thegreyarea]

His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before... and then the murders began.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation (book 1 of the Foundation Trilogy)

[dmeck7755]

I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen
and then the murders began

(Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs)

[thegreyarea]

I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination... and then the murders began.

Ursula K.Leguin, The Left Hand of Darkness

(I'm sure that if there was a prize for best title, this one would at least be in the top ten)

(dmeck, it's funny that I knew what was the book just by reading the sentence (before the murders began ) because I was going to add it to this thread. BTW I read that one, and enjoyed it!)

[dmeck7755]

(dmeck, it's funny that I knew what was the book just by reading the sentence (before the murders began ) because I was going to add it to this thread. BTW I read that one, and enjoyed it!)

I liked the series also.
The left hand of darkness is another great book