Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Frances Brody is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries and three historical novels. Frances began her writing career in radio and has also written for theatre and television. Her novel Sisters on Bread Street won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. A Woman Unknown was shortlisted for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse. Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
Frances lived in New York for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, and reading English Literature and History at York University.
Visit Frances Brody online at www.francesbrody.com
<b>Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers</b>
Daily Mail
<b>The series is right up there with Miss Marple</b>
Sunday Sport
<b>Brody's writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton:</b> <b>witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive</b>
- Ann Cleeves, award-winning author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope mysteries,
<b>Delightful</b>
People's Friend
<b>Frances Brody matches a heroine of free and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place . . . a novel to cherish</b>
- Barry Turner, Daily Mail
<b>Brody's excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes of the time with well-developed characters</b>
RT Book Reviews
<b>Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine</b>
- Ann Granger,
<b>Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs in a subgroup of young, female amateur detectives who survived and were matured by their wartime experiences. As self-reliant women in a society that still regards them a second-class citizens, they make excellent heroines</b>
Literary Review
<b>Frances Brody skilfully holds our attention, making us want to read on and then look forward to the next Kate Shackleton mystery</b>
Gazette & Herald
<b>Kate Shackleton is a delightful leading character. The flavour of post First World War England is beautifully portrayed. An enjoyable and gripping mystery story</b>
CrimeSquad.com
<b>This is whimsical, colourful stuff and readers will warm to the entrepreneurial yet fragile Kate</b>
Take a Break
Another fine entry in a consistently satisfying historical mystery series that combines <b>a strong lead with crisp plotting and appealing period ambience</b>
Booklist
<b>Frances Brody has a remarkable talent for evoking time and place. With a realistic setting, her characters spring to life. This is crime writing of a high order</b>
Daily Mail
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Frances Brody is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries and three historical novels. Frances began her writing career in radio and has also written for theatre and television. Her novel Sisters on Bread Street won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. A Woman Unknown was shortlisted for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse. Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
Frances lived in New York for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, and reading English Literature and History at York University.
Visit Frances Brody online at www.francesbrody.com