Tuesday 30 July 2013

A Bit of  a Boost and a Bit of a Boast



My new book, Dead Woman Walking, to be published on 8th August,  has had a couple of lovely advance reviews.
One (unsigned) appears in the Western Morning News today (30 July):

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Author-returns-crime-novel-debut-21st-thriller/story-19586385-detail/story.html


The other is from the on-line magazine Crime Time, and is by the expert on crime fiction, Barry Forshaw. Here it is:



Apart from a distinguished career as a crime writer and social historian, Jessica Mann has long been one of the most acute critics of the crime fiction genre. In this economical but authoritative novel, Mann (who has written 21 crime novels and four non-fiction titles) demonstrates that her skill in the field of malign human behaviour remains as ironclad as ever.
Gillian Butler left Edinburgh five decades ago – or at least that is what her friends have always believed. But when her lifeless body is discovered, it becomes imperative to remember who last saw her alive – and, accordingly, a vividly drawn dramatis personae is paraded before our eyes. The reader is invited to draw their own conclusions about how she died. As ever with this author, the intelligent (and complex) texture of the novel matches its sheer storytelling nous.
Dead Woman Walking by Jessica Mann is published by the Cornovia Press

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