Reviews and Reviews

A busy day for reviews yesterday.

I never ask for them. People read my work and if they’re so inclined they review. And good or bad, I don’t respond to them other than to say the odd “thanks” usually on Facebook. As long as it’s not personal, I believe readers are perfectly entitled to their opinion and they’re welcome to express it. I do.

That said, it’s nice when you get a good review, and I had two yesterday.

The Deep Secret took its third review and it was another five-star from a lady who said it was just as enthralling as The Handshaker. Thank you, Cathie Hinchliffe. You can read what Cathie and others have to say about the book HERE.

While that was appearing on Amazon, fellow author Nik Morton was busy blogging on The Filey Connection, the very first STAC Mystery.

It’s worrying when a fellow professional looks at your work. Not that authors are particularly unkind. They know the value of constructive criticism. But they look at your titles on several levels, and you just know they’re going to pull you for that misused semicolon on page 137.

Writer, editor and illustrator, the author of 20 books, Nik is a man who knows what he’s taking about, and he’s unstinting in his praise for The Filey Connection, comparing it to the work of Simon Brett.

You can read what Nik says about The Filey Connection HERE.

Nik is the author of Blood of the Dragon Trees, a remarkable novel, and one with an unusual slant. It appealed to me immediately because it’s set on the island of Tenerife, and the missus and I have had a long love affair with the Canary Islands.

When I’m through, I shall, of course, review it (whilst keeping a careful eye out for misused semicolons). In the meantime, Nik and I both have releases next week, and in the run up to them, I’ll be putting up an extended conversation between us. It won’t be on this blog, but there’ll be more news on that at the weekend.