Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Veronica Heley needs your help

Veronica Heley writes a cozy/tradional style of crime novel featuring widow Ellie Quicke which began with 'Murder at the Altar' in 2000. Now the author is asking for help with the fate of one of the characters in the final book:
Want to help script the last Ellie Quicke book?
Murder of Identity is published in hardback in December 06, and is the 8th in the Ellie Quicke series. The publishers would like to have just one more book to round off the series in 2007. The main storyline is already agreed, but I would welcome suggestions from readers as to the fate of Ellie’s dreadful daughter, Diana. What would you like to see happen to her? Ought she to reform? Or marry again – and if so what sort of man would take her on?

The only thing I know for certain is that she is not the next murder victim, as I think death is too good for her.

Please go to my contact page and let me know what you think.
I've read the first three and I enjoyed the first one very much and the second two almost as much.
My comments at the time: "A smooth read with a likeable main character. Ellie Quicke, recently widowed has been spending lots of time staring out her back window which faces the church. Her brain is befogged by grief and tablets. Unfortunately the killer of a local bad boy leaves the body in the church and is convinced that Ellie saw something. What follows is an account told by Ellie and sidebars from two would be assassins who naturally make a hash of it. Ellie has been sheltered from life by her husband but now she sets out to experience life. Recommended."

One thing to note is that despite the covers these books are set in a London suburb rather than in a country village.

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