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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Mr. Churchill's Secretary Nominated for a Dilys Award!
Delighted to say that Mr. Churchill's Secretary has been nominated by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association as the mystery title of the year independent mystery booksellers love hand-selling.
I purchased Mr Churchill's Secretary when it first came out but it went on my "to be read" stack. I finally started it this Sat morning and finished it last night at 2AM. What a great read and you and the book deserve every award you get. I really like Maggie and you so a great job of creating a real sense of the atmosphere in London at that time. Luckily, I had picked up Princess Elizabeth's Spy and already had it in my stack so I can jump right into the next Maggie story. Unfortunately, I will have to wait a few months for His Majesty's Hope. Wishing you the best and hoping that Maggie continues for many years to come. She is a wonderful character.
Edgar Award and Dilys Award-nominated Susan Elia MacNeal is the author of the Maggie Hope Mystery series from Bantam/Random House. The first is Mr. Churchill's Secretary, nominated for the Mystery Writers of America's 2013 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and also the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association's 2013 Dilys Award for "the mystery title of the year that booksellers have most enjoyed hand-selling." Mr. Churchill's Secretary was also declared one of Suspense Magazine's Best Debut of 2012 and Deadly Pleasures's Best Paperback Original of 2012 and chosen as one of Target's "Emerging Authors" series.
The sequel, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, was a New York Times bestseller and chosen by Oprah.com as "Mystery of the Week" and one of "7 Compulsively Readable Mysteries (for the Crazy-Smart Reader)," as well as Tagret's "Emerging Authors" series.
Maggie Hope novel, His Majesty's Hope, will be published in May 2013, and The Prime Minister's Secret Agent in 2014.
I purchased Mr Churchill's Secretary when it first came out but it went on my "to be read" stack. I finally started it this Sat morning and finished it last night at 2AM. What a great read and you and the book deserve every award you get. I really like Maggie and you so a great job of creating a real sense of the atmosphere in London at that time. Luckily, I had picked up Princess Elizabeth's Spy and already had it in my stack so I can jump right into the next Maggie story. Unfortunately, I will have to wait a few months for His Majesty's Hope. Wishing you the best and hoping that Maggie continues for many years to come. She is a wonderful character.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Deb! Not too long to wait — His Majesty's Hope will be out in May 2013!
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