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Title: Good Books, Good Writers and Matters Otherwise Irrelevant
Review: Anne Perry is a talented historical murder mystery writer. She shows her skills here as she has in her previous and subsequent works. I just wish her personal history had remained unknown as the circumstances of her own offence bear absolutely no resemblance to the wonderful characters and well researched historical locations she creates. One thing Perry has in common with her characters is courage. Courage to write and continue writing after her "past" was made known. To see such matters raised in reviews by the likes of booklist makes me wonder whether the reviewer was trying to draw some sick comparison or use the fact to assist in the marketing of the book to those whose only real interest is personal morbidity. Booklist even got the facts wrong, including the wrong country of occurrance and imprisonment. A good book, as this is, deserves to be reviewed on its merits not the childhood history of the writer however shocking that might be.
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