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Tue, 04 Dec 2018 06:02:26 +0000

[…] Close Cover by Lexi Blake was my next choice after reading Holy Island by L J Ross which I reviewed here, and it shows just how broad the romantic suspense genre is as it’s completely different to […]

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:47:01 +0000

In reply to Wendy Percival. Yup, I'd heard something along these lines but haven't found the headspace to put the research in. It's on my 'To Do' list, along with a load of other stuff! :-D

By: Wendy Percival

Wendy Percival — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:29:13 +0000

In reply to Georgia Rose. Apparently you can choose up to 10 categories and ask Amazon to put your books in for you, but it’s not that easy to identify what’s available. For example, you can go down two different routes (and thereby identify two separate categories) to be in “women sleuths”, either as a sub-section of the main Mystery, thriller & crime genre, or in the Mystery, thriller & crime sub-section of Women’s Fiction. All very confusing!

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:54:43 +0000

In reply to Cathy. That's great to hear, Cathy. With my TBR list I probably won't read any further at the moment but I know this will be the first book of many for a lot of readers! x

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:52:57 +0000

In reply to Wendy Percival. Thanks for your comment, Wendy. I've heard that you can put your books in far more categories than the ones you choose when you load them up. Needless to say I haven't got around to doing anything with this information but I guess others have! I do feel I need to do some background work into my keywords and categories though, although I've found it hard enough just to come up with the basics ;-) I hope you enjoy this series when you get to it.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:03:46 +0000

I love this series and have just finished listening to the dramatisation of the prequel, The Infirmary. If you enjoy that sort of thing I’d definitely recommend x

By: Wendy Percival

Wendy Percival — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:46:35 +0000

I’ve had LJ Ross on my TBCO (To Be Checked Out) pile for a while, not least because her books pop up everywhere and so she’s hard to ignore! (Cue ditto your marketing comment.) I also heard her interview and, like you, thought she came across very well. As yet I’ve not read her books but plan to give them give them a go. I liked her philosophy of wanting to write the story of how an investigation should be conducted (in the writer’s and readers’ mind), rather than too “realistic”.
But going back to your comment on categories, I’ve noticed that some books seem to have be put in categories which you’d be forgiven for thinking are rather “loose” in being attributed to that book. I was amazed to discover the other day that Cosy Mystery had sub-category of “culinary”! And while, yes, there were novels set in restaurants or about cup-cake making sleuths in the listing, it seemed that as long as there was at least one scene in the book involving food, it gave it legitimate reason for any mystery/crime book to be being included. (And with fewer books in a lesser known category, it much easier to become a “Number One Best Seller”. Not, for a moment, am I suggesting that’s why it might be placed there, you understand. )
Sadly, though, it means it’s harder for the reader to find the sort of book they want to read if they have to wade through a selection containing books which look suspiciously out of place.