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I cannot review or rate my own work, so I'll use this space for something readers might be interested in... Reprints of blog interviews.
Interview on writing about disability and disabled characters:
Katla Sieltjes is a professional assassin for hire, specializing in hits that can’t be traced. When the novel begins, she is taking out the owner of a shop selling antique Japanese swords, with his own merchandise, when she is interrupted by a blind man, Bram Merleyn, who has come to pick up his order ...more
Interview on writing about disability and disabled characters:
Katla Sieltjes is a professional assassin for hire, specializing in hits that can’t be traced. When the novel begins, she is taking out the owner of a shop selling antique Japanese swords, with his own merchandise, when she is interrupted by a blind man, Bram Merleyn, who has come to pick up his order ...more
This is a very different novel of the spy/ thriller genre, and in a very good way. Not only is the heroine a professional killer, she is also very human, with a multi-faceted personality. I particularly liked the "non-action" scenes with her blind lover. Nicely done change of pace from the high-tech, shoot'em up spy thriller.
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I genuinely liked this book, it's fractured premises, detailing two parallel stories which intertangled about one-third way into the story. Its atsmospheric, depicting a number of items I frequently look in my books for: sensual aspects of life (check), swift story line (check), believable pacing (check).
The book proved to be quite new experience for me. While the Amsterdam background was rather generic, the people inhabiting it proved to be quite original heroes.
I am very grateful for this b ...more
The book proved to be quite new experience for me. While the Amsterdam background was rather generic, the people inhabiting it proved to be quite original heroes.
I am very grateful for this b ...more
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