tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post7340723011269022945..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: The Evil Wish - Jean PottsJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-7788599426259004892018-05-02T09:40:45.685-05:002018-05-02T09:40:45.685-05:00Your excellent review sold me, John. Now, if only ...Your excellent review sold me, John. Now, if only at least some of these books were in e-format!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-33331016776981179712018-04-30T10:54:15.038-05:002018-04-30T10:54:15.038-05:00I've read only one book of hers, Death of a St...I've read only one book of hers, Death of a Stray Cat, but it was an impressive one both in terms of character and plotting. It's my long-held view that the Fifties were a Golden Age of their own as pertains to crime fiction, and Potts was one of its shining stars. A revival is long overdue. Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-45101502538605848152018-04-27T20:47:08.852-05:002018-04-27T20:47:08.852-05:00Both of the Jean Potts books that you have reviewe...Both of the Jean Potts books that you have reviewed sound good. I will have to look harder for copies. And I look forward to more reviews.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-17060137628075858202018-04-27T07:21:08.652-05:002018-04-27T07:21:08.652-05:00You would like this writer very much, Patti. She s...You would like this writer very much, Patti. She shares with you so many observations about the dark sides in family relationships. You ought to look for her books. Her plotting grows ever richer and stronger the more she wrote. This book falls in her mid career. Potts is the rare crime writer who is also an excellent mainstream novelist. Her books feature crime, but are difficult to pigeonhole in the various subgenres we so often find ourselves sorting the many different writers. I think she's better than Millar and Armstrong who get more credit for pioneering this type of domestic suspense. Potts, however, was more trenchant and original in how she works crime into her books.<br /><br />I have many more Jean Potts reviews in the works. Also, I'm advising Greg Shepard of Stark House on Potts book. He hopes to get her back into print. Cross your fingers!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-86316877153262830262018-04-27T07:10:15.599-05:002018-04-27T07:10:15.599-05:00What a great review!What a great review!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com