Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A Fabulous Read
This is my first choice for my first review. I loved this book, and the good part is that Mr. O'Bryan has also published Jerusalem Puzzle and is planning on writing the Manhattan Puzzle. Just recently, Mr. O'Bryan announce he has just sold the movie rights to Instanbul Puzzle, so we have that to look forward to; presumably the other two books will follow suit. Please ead this book. Mary
THE INSTANBUL PUZZLE
Within two pages of the beginning I knew this was a book I would be unable to put down. And I was right! It is literally full of all the subjects I love to read about: exotic places, religious intrigue, secret passages, ancient parchments, romance and murder. Mr. O'Bryan keeps the story moving through every single page until you are breathless. Sean Ryan has not heard from his friend and colleague, Alek Zegliwski, for several days and he is more than a little worried. When he is contacted by the British Consulate in Instanbul, the news is not good. Sean decides to travel to Turkey in search of his friend. Author O'Bryan's descriptions of the Turkish city and its inhabitants are first rate and the plot moves inexorably until the final sentence. Here is a new author who is ready and able to match anyone in storytelling. This book is well written, I could find little or nothing to criticize, in fact I enjoyed every single minute of it. I have purchased Mr. O'Bryan's second book, the Jerusalem Puzzle, and cannot wait to get at it. If it is anything like this one, I will have to reserve a whole day to read it and finish it. Well done, Mr. O'Bryan.
Mary Firmin, Deadly Pleasures.
THE INSTANBUL PUZZLE
By
Laurence O'Bryan
Within two pages of the beginning I knew this was a book I would be unable to put down. And I was right! It is literally full of all the subjects I love to read about: exotic places, religious intrigue, secret passages, ancient parchments, romance and murder. Mr. O'Bryan keeps the story moving through every single page until you are breathless. Sean Ryan has not heard from his friend and colleague, Alek Zegliwski, for several days and he is more than a little worried. When he is contacted by the British Consulate in Instanbul, the news is not good. Sean decides to travel to Turkey in search of his friend. Author O'Bryan's descriptions of the Turkish city and its inhabitants are first rate and the plot moves inexorably until the final sentence. Here is a new author who is ready and able to match anyone in storytelling. This book is well written, I could find little or nothing to criticize, in fact I enjoyed every single minute of it. I have purchased Mr. O'Bryan's second book, the Jerusalem Puzzle, and cannot wait to get at it. If it is anything like this one, I will have to reserve a whole day to read it and finish it. Well done, Mr. O'Bryan.
Mary Firmin, Deadly Pleasures.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Book Reviews by Mary Firmin
Hello to all my followers.
I have not posted for a while because I am working on my second book, DEADLY SECRETS. My first book is still doing very well on Amazon, especially on Kindle. Deadly Pleasures garnered many awards and I received wonderful support from my Desert Community. I have recently sold two short stories to a Canadian Publisher for the anthology, THE SPEED OF DARK . It will be available for sale in a couple of weeks. I write this today to let you know that I am reading lots of good books and writing reviews for most of the ones some of you might like to read. From time to time I will pass these reviews on to you and hopefully you will check them out on Amazon. Thanks for your continued interest in my writing.
All the very best,
Mary Firmin
We have already received 4 rave reviews for The Speed of Dark, an anthology by 19 popular authors including 2 #horror stories by Mary Firmin.
http://thecontrarycanadian.wordpress.co
I have not posted for a while because I am working on my second book, DEADLY SECRETS. My first book is still doing very well on Amazon, especially on Kindle. Deadly Pleasures garnered many awards and I received wonderful support from my Desert Community. I have recently sold two short stories to a Canadian Publisher for the anthology, THE SPEED OF DARK . It will be available for sale in a couple of weeks. I write this today to let you know that I am reading lots of good books and writing reviews for most of the ones some of you might like to read. From time to time I will pass these reviews on to you and hopefully you will check them out on Amazon. Thanks for your continued interest in my writing.
All the very best,
Mary Firmin
We have already received 4 rave reviews for The Speed of Dark, an anthology by 19 popular authors including 2 #horror stories by Mary Firmin.
http://thecontrarycanadian.wordpress.co
Sunday, October 28, 2012
"HOT BOOK ON READER'S DEN"
Happy Monday Morning to Everyone.
Many exciting things have been happening for me and for the book. Reader's Den just awarded Deadly Pleasures "HOT BOOK" status. I am in the top 100 Indie Books, top 10% on Amazon Kindle, and the top 10% on softcover books out of 8 million books. I know that Bill would be delighted if he were here to see it. I am looking forward to having my family for Thanksgiving and I wish you all a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! The Holidays look really exciting because of my grandson, Charlie, who just turned two years old. I just gave him a Kindle Fire for his birthday. By the time he is three he will be ready for an Apple tablet. Thank you all for helping to make Deadly Pleasures such a success. I am working on Deadly Secrets as we speak.
All the best,
Mary Firmin
Reader's Den: http://www.thereadersden.com/bookshelf/deadly-pleasures/
Many exciting things have been happening for me and for the book. Reader's Den just awarded Deadly Pleasures "HOT BOOK" status. I am in the top 100 Indie Books, top 10% on Amazon Kindle, and the top 10% on softcover books out of 8 million books. I know that Bill would be delighted if he were here to see it. I am looking forward to having my family for Thanksgiving and I wish you all a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! The Holidays look really exciting because of my grandson, Charlie, who just turned two years old. I just gave him a Kindle Fire for his birthday. By the time he is three he will be ready for an Apple tablet. Thank you all for helping to make Deadly Pleasures such a success. I am working on Deadly Secrets as we speak.
All the best,
Mary Firmin
Reader's Den: http://www.thereadersden.com/bookshelf/deadly-pleasures/
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
BOOK OF THE WEEK AT READER'S DEN
Hi everyone,
It is so great to see my book popping up all over the place and I just wanted to share with everyone that it got Book of the Week at The Reader's Den. You can check it out by going to this link: http://www.thereadersden.com/book-of-the-week-2/
Thank you for all your support!
Mary
It is so great to see my book popping up all over the place and I just wanted to share with everyone that it got Book of the Week at The Reader's Den. You can check it out by going to this link: http://www.thereadersden.com/book-of-the-week-2/
Thank you for all your support!
Mary
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Deadly Pleasures won a Gold Medal!!!!
Hi Everyone,
I am so pleased to tell you that my book Deadly Pleasures won first place, a gold medal, in the mystery category in the Readers Favorites International Book Contest. I was so excited when I made it to the top five finalists but I didn't think I would actually win.
Check out this cool gold star I have from Reader's Favorites and if you haven't got your copy of Deadly Pleasures yet you can grab the kindle copy for .99 here: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Pleasures-Mary-Firmin/dp/1462042376/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346863836&sr=8-1&keywords=Deadly+Pleasures.
I am so pleased to tell you that my book Deadly Pleasures won first place, a gold medal, in the mystery category in the Readers Favorites International Book Contest. I was so excited when I made it to the top five finalists but I didn't think I would actually win.
Check out this cool gold star I have from Reader's Favorites and if you haven't got your copy of Deadly Pleasures yet you can grab the kindle copy for .99 here: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Pleasures-Mary-Firmin/dp/1462042376/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346863836&sr=8-1&keywords=Deadly+Pleasures.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Some cool new reviews for Deadly Pleasures
I would like to invite you all to check out some new reviews that I have seen for Deadly Pleasures. This one the blogger picks who she would like to see play the roles of each character. See if you agree or disagree with her here: http://julieschicklit.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-deadly-pleasures-by-mary-firmin.html
Then I found this surprising one at The PM Show with Philippe Mathews, I am so excited that all the promoting I am doing is paying off and some people are finding my book and mentioning it on their shows!
http://thepmshow.tv/my-reviews/deadly-pleasures-by-mary-firmin/
Now I need to put the hammer down and finish writing Deadly Secrets!
Then I found this surprising one at The PM Show with Philippe Mathews, I am so excited that all the promoting I am doing is paying off and some people are finding my book and mentioning it on their shows!
http://thepmshow.tv/my-reviews/deadly-pleasures-by-mary-firmin/
Now I need to put the hammer down and finish writing Deadly Secrets!
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