For those of you who have never heard of it, Kirkus Reviews is an august American magazine for the book trade. It publishes reviews of new books, tipping booksellers off on the ones to watch. And, occasionally, delivering hatchet jobs on books that don’t find favour with their anonymous reviewers. So it’s always a bit …
Kirkus Reviews have delivered their verdict on The Mannequin House, deeming it ‘A nifty period whodunit packed with flamboyant characters and brisk dialogue.’ OK, I’m happy with that! Nifty… You can read the full review here.
Because I always do what other people tell me to do, I am obeying Dr Ian Hocking‘s command to write a new twistery a day, every day up to and including Christmas day, and to call the exercise “The Twelve Days of Twistmas”. I must be insane. Either that, or he is using some strange …
I heard about it through twitter: Kirkus Reviews is to fold, along with Editor & Publisher. The story is here. Kirkus is an institution, and writers with books coming out in America await their verdict with trepidation. They are, or were, notoriously harsh and hard to please. They were snooty about The Gentle Axe, but …