tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post7179823258713492563..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: FATAL QUEST: WOODEND'S FIRST CASE, Sally SpencerKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-33349955559984000922011-02-22T07:07:45.727+10:302011-02-22T07:07:45.727+10:30I had been going to add some info about the author...I had been going to add some info about the author in this review Maxine and then forgot. I thought it was interesting that he had chosen Sally for the name. I can't think of too many other authors (in fact at this stage none at all) called SallyKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-16166295817752865442011-02-22T01:44:25.920+10:302011-02-22T01:44:25.920+10:30I read and reviewed one of the earlier ones in the...I read and reviewed one of the earlier ones in the series for Euro Crime a couple of years ago, and enjoyed it. It did not seem to make any difference that it was about 17th in a series! I usually do not read blurbs on book covers (I have learnt from bitter experience that they summarise far too much of the book's contents, including spoilers, to make the book then worth reading), so I would have been fooled like you this time.<br /><br />A slight non-sequitur, I have not checked this out, but I did hear that this author is one of those very rare male authors who uses a female nom de plume (usually it is the other way round, or ambiguous eg initials, or same-sex).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-2070972043465816962011-02-21T23:57:15.400+10:302011-02-21T23:57:15.400+10:30Kerrie - Thanks for this review; I'm glad you ...Kerrie - Thanks for this review; I'm glad you enjoyed this one. Interesting, isn't it, how we get our minds all ready for something and we get surprised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com