Comments on: About http://www.annpurser.com Author of Lois Meade Mysteries and Round Ringford Stories Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3766 Ann Purser Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:16:36 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-3766 Well spotted, Gayle! It should have been `firstborn son`. I am so glad you are enjoying the books, and am full of admiration for such close reading! Best wishes - Ann P. Well spotted, Gayle! It should have been `firstborn son`. I am so glad you are enjoying the books, and am full of admiration for such close reading!

Best wishes – Ann P.

]]> By: Gayle http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3765 Gayle Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:41:16 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-3765 Hello Ms Purser: Just a quick comment, I enjoy your Lois Meade mysteries very much, I just have a quick question about Weeping on Wednesday and something that I read in Threats at Three. In Weeping on Wednesday in chapter 2 you talk about the ages of Lois's and Derek's children Josie age 15, Douglas age 14 and Jamie nearly 12, then in Threats at Three chapter 4, Douglas calls his mum and she is saying that she should not have a favorite, but she does, her firstborn, Douglas. So I am confused who is the firstborn? Josie or Douglas???? Hello Ms Purser:

Just a quick comment, I enjoy your Lois Meade mysteries very much, I just have a quick question about Weeping on Wednesday and something that I read in Threats at Three.
In Weeping on Wednesday in chapter 2 you talk about the ages of Lois’s and Derek’s children Josie age 15, Douglas age 14 and Jamie nearly 12, then in Threats at Three chapter 4, Douglas calls his mum and she is saying that she should not have a favorite, but she does, her firstborn, Douglas. So I am confused who is the firstborn? Josie or Douglas????

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 Ann Purser Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:39:33 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-3465 Happy New Year, Margaret! Thank you for your news from Canada - so glad you are enjoying Lois`s adventures. Watch out for the next one - Found Guilty at Five - due out some time this year. Have you encountered Ivy Beasley in her new series, the Ivy Beasley Enquiries? Ivy has popped up in all three series, and is still going strong solving crimes from an old folks` home in Suffolk. With best wishes, and greetings to your wonderful library! Ann. Happy New Year, Margaret! Thank you for your news from Canada – so glad you are enjoying Lois`s adventures. Watch out for the next one – Found Guilty at Five – due out some time this year.

Have you encountered Ivy Beasley in her new series, the Ivy Beasley Enquiries? Ivy has popped up in all three series, and is still going strong solving crimes from an old folks` home in Suffolk.

With best wishes, and greetings to your wonderful library! Ann.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Margaret Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:41:39 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-3456 Just read your newest mystery - Foul Play at Four - and enjoyed it very much. I love reading about Lois, her family, and all the inhabitants of her area. Our local library has all her books, and hope they continue getting them. Greetings from Toronto, Canada.... Just read your newest mystery – Foul Play at Four – and enjoyed it very much.
I love reading about Lois, her family, and all the inhabitants of her area.
Our local library has all her books, and hope they continue getting them.
Greetings from Toronto, Canada….

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2539 Ann Purser Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:33:46 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2539 Hi, David. Thank you for your interesting comment. The foresters were very important people when Englad was covered in trees! I was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, but the Earl of Leicester`s ancestral home, Holkham Hall, is actually in Norfolk! You will see from a map that these two counties are not that far away from each other. The Earldoms in the British Isles are very confusing, and often the Earl will have his seat in another county. All to do with battles, and the earldom dying out and being recreated, etc etc. Wikipedia has a really informative entry for Earls of Leicester. Where I now live, our closest Earl is at Althrop, the Earl Spencer, father of Diana, late Princess of Wales. So glad you enjoyed the book - lots of others to find! Best wishes - Ann P. Hi, David. Thank you for your interesting comment. The foresters were very important people when Englad was covered in trees! I was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, but the Earl of Leicester`s ancestral home, Holkham Hall, is actually in Norfolk! You will see from a map that these two counties are not that far away from each other. The Earldoms in the British Isles are very confusing, and often the Earl will have his seat in another county. All to do with battles, and the earldom dying out and being recreated, etc etc. Wikipedia has a really informative entry for Earls of Leicester.

Where I now live, our closest Earl is at Althrop, the Earl Spencer, father of Diana, late Princess of Wales.

So glad you enjoyed the book – lots of others to find!

Best wishes – Ann P.

]]> By: D Munro http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 D Munro Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:12:07 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2533 I just read your first book and really liked it. In reading the last page it said the you lived in Leicestershire. Is Holkham Hall near where you live. My grand father was a forester for the Earl of Leicester around 1900. Just wondering David. I just read your first book and really liked it. In reading the last page it said the you lived in Leicestershire. Is Holkham Hall near where you live. My grand father was a forester for the Earl of Leicester around 1900.
Just wondering David.

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Ann Purser Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:45:10 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2485 Hi, Maureen. Thank you so much for your comment. I`m sorry the print in the paperbacks is too small for you. Some titles have been published in large print, and you could try searching the following: Chivers Press (UK) Severn House Large Print (UK) Center Point - www.centerpointlargeprint.com (US) Let me know if you have problems, and I will try to help. Best wishes - AP Hi, Maureen. Thank you so much for your comment. I`m sorry the print in the paperbacks is too small for you. Some titles have been published in large print, and you could try searching the following:

Chivers Press (UK)
Severn House Large Print (UK)
Center Point – http://www.centerpointlargeprint.com (US)

Let me know if you have problems, and I will try to help.

Best wishes – AP

]]> By: Maureen Simpson http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Maureen Simpson Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:00:06 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2470 Dear Ann, I very much enjoy the Lois Meade stories and the new Ivy Beasley ones, but can only find the very small print versions from the US. I buy from Amazon for financial reasons, and they only seem to have the smaller print ones listed. Are they ever published in larger print or are they all the same? I can manage with them as they are, but bedtime reading especially would be more comfortable with larger print! Dear Ann,

I very much enjoy the Lois Meade stories and the new Ivy Beasley ones, but can only find the very small print versions from the US. I buy from Amazon for financial reasons, and they only seem to have the smaller print ones listed. Are they ever published in larger print or are they all the same? I can manage with them as they are, but bedtime reading especially would be more comfortable with larger print!

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Ann Purser Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:09:44 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2370 Hello, Kathleen. I know that it is difficult to find the Round Ringford series, but they do appear on Amazon now and then. Perhaps a message to the publishers (Penguin US) might encourage them to think about a re-issue?! Kind regards - Ann P. Hello, Kathleen. I know that it is difficult to find the Round Ringford series, but they do appear on Amazon now and then. Perhaps a message to the publishers (Penguin US) might encourage them to think about a re-issue?!

Kind regards – Ann P.

]]> By: Kathleen Welch http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Kathleen Welch Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:20:29 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-2366 Dear Ann, Why can't we get the Round Ringford here across the Pond? Would love it if you could just quick e mail me back to let me know where to find them here across the Pond. Thank you Kathleen lobstah21@yahoo.com Dear Ann,

Why can’t we get the Round Ringford here across the Pond?

Would love it if you could just quick e mail me back to let me know where to find them here across the Pond.
Thank you

Kathleen lobstah21@yahoo.com

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