Mortal Sins

Judith Hayes #2

by Anna Porter

Toronto's a big city, and corpses are always turning up, but rarely are they so very well-dressed. Judith Hayes is a well respected journalist, and interviews are always turning up, but rarely with super-reclusive billionaires. Finally, the world of mystery fiction is rooted in unlikely connections, the hidden strands that tie un-guessed-at motivations to unexpected acts, but rarely do those strands create such a tangled web as in Mortal Sins, leading Judith and her cop-boyfriend from New York to Bermuda to Paris and at last to Hungary, where the billionaire's wartime childhood proves to have been the breeding ground for secrets that have stretched terrible tendrils to the edge of the 21st century. A deviously plotted thriller with a spy-story kicker and a froth of romance to help the espionage slide down. Originally published in 1987.

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Anna (Szigethy) Porter began her Canadian publishing career in 1969 at McClelland & Stewart (M&S) as editorial coordinator, under Jack McClelland’s directorship. Porter eventually rose to become VP and editor-in-chief at M&S. She worked with, among others, Margaret Laurence, Matt Cohen, Al Purdy, Irving Layton, Peter C Newman and Margaret Atwood.
Porter started her publishing company, Key Porter Books, in partnership with Key Publishers' Michael de Pencier in 1982. They published, among others, Allan Fotheringham, Jean Chretien, Joe Clark, Margaret Atwood, Peter Lougheed, Fred Bruemmer and Conrad Black.
Anna Porter is an Officer of the Order of Canada and the recipient of the Order of Ontario.
Anna Porter retired from publishing in April 2005. She is the author of, so far, 12 books.

Reviews

[Hulda]

Terrible!
The writing is boring. The dialogue makes no sense and I found myself skipping whole pages trying to find something interesting ...
Also I don't know if its the printer or it was done by design but the font on my copy is not consistent and there are words that are misspelled or missing letters.
If someone didn't care enough to proofread your work to make sure it goes to print properly what does that say about you as an author?

[Cathy]

My first book by Anna Porter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the main characters and the storyline. I also liked the touches of Hungarian culture and history as my Dad (+3 siblings) and his parents and my mother’s grandmother (+ 1 son) immigrated from Hungary in 1930. I've also travelled to Budapest and definitely wish to return to explore more of the country. I'll definitely search out more of her books both fiction and non-fiction.