Opening gambits

I’m trying to come up with a good opening for my novel and have decided to have fun and take inspiration from others.

“Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way. Tom walked faster. There was no doubt the man was after him.”
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

“It was about eleven o’clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills. I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks with dark blue clocks on them. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.”
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

“It was a dark and stormy night.”
Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands’ necks. Anything can happen."
Red Wind by Raymond Chandler

“Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again.”
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

“In the beginning....”
The Bible by You Know Who with various guest writers