tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post3723886221628752612..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: STEPS TO HEAVEN, Wendy CartmellKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-49134463118643869652012-01-21T08:30:59.857+10:302012-01-21T08:30:59.857+10:30I also like the way it is set in the immediate pre...I also like the way it is set in the immediate present, linked to returnees from the Afghanistan warKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-88353814621335418192012-01-21T08:29:49.370+10:302012-01-21T08:29:49.370+10:30I hadn't thought of that similarity Maxine, bu...I hadn't thought of that similarity Maxine, but you are right. What interested me was the army setting.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-32743446348984190702012-01-21T04:13:30.427+10:302012-01-21T04:13:30.427+10:30in some ways it sounds a little like Prime Cut by ...in some ways it sounds a little like Prime Cut by Alan Carter (which I read thanks to your and Bernadette's reviews), at least in the opening. I don't like reading the present tense either, and it seems to be becoming more popular in novels. Maybe reviewers could devise a special logo to denote the fact in their reviews!Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com