Mortal Sins

Judith Hayes #2

by Anna Porter

Freelance reporter Judith Hayes is cheated out of an interview with businessman Paul Zimmerman by his untimely death, but the story that emerges from his demise provides more interesting--and dangerous--copy

274 pages, Hardcover

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 · Rating 1 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.