Comments on: About http://www.annpurser.com Author of Lois Meade Mysteries and Round Ringford Stories Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:59:20 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Ann Purser Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:53:33 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-622 Hi, Erin - yes, the good news is that the second in the Ivy Beasley series is in the pipeline! Look out for The Measby Murder Enquiry soon. All the best - Ann Hi, Erin – yes, the good news is that the second in the Ivy Beasley series is in the pipeline! Look out for The Measby Murder Enquiry soon. All the best – Ann

]]> By: Erin Parker http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Erin Parker Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:48 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-621 I am loving the Hangman's Row Enquiry. Will there be more? I hope so. Thanks!!! I am loving the Hangman’s Row Enquiry. Will there be more? I hope so. Thanks!!!

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Ann Purser Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:42:41 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-601 Thanks for your review, Sheila! I am so glad you liked Hangman`s Row. I was particularly pleased that you recognised that true love is not just for the young! Watch our for the Measby Murder Mystery, with Ivy, in due course. A. Thanks for your review, Sheila! I am so glad you liked Hangman`s Row. I was particularly pleased that you recognised that true love is not just for the young! Watch our for the Measby Murder Mystery, with Ivy, in due course. A.

]]> By: Sheila Gallagher http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Sheila Gallagher Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:44:31 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-599 I am a reviewer for Two Lips Reviews website. I posted a review of The Hangman's Row Enquiry. You can read it at www.twolipsreviews.com/content, under the print category. I enjoyed your book and plan on reading more of Ivy Beasley. Thank you for allowing me to review Ivy's first mystery. I am a reviewer for Two Lips Reviews website. I posted a review of The Hangman’s Row Enquiry. You can read it at http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content, under the print category. I enjoyed your book and plan on reading more of Ivy Beasley. Thank you for allowing me to review Ivy’s first mystery.

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Ann Purser Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:46:30 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-546 Thanks for yours, Linda. Yours is not the first message I have had about cruelty to animals, and I must defend myself. At the time I wrote this book, there was a campaign in this country against wilful cruelty and neglect of pet animals. This included pictures of such dreadful cruelty and really moved a lot people. Made them sit up and take notice. As an animal lover myself, I did not consciously include the cruelty to the dogs, but it occurred logically the plot and was not gratuitous, but part of the make up of those characters. I am sorry if this upset people, but sadly such things do occur. Not cozy, I agree, but I do hope you`ll keep reading. Ann P At the moment, I have six little hens and a cockerel, a cairn terrier, a fourteen-year-old goldfish and a garden full of wild birds. In my time, I have had geese, ducks, guinea fowl, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters. All have survived to a ripe old age. Thanks for yours, Linda. Yours is not the first message I have had about cruelty to animals, and I must defend myself. At the time I wrote this book, there was a campaign in this country against wilful cruelty and neglect of pet animals. This included pictures of such dreadful cruelty and really moved a lot people. Made them sit up and take notice.

As an animal lover myself, I did not consciously include the cruelty to the dogs, but it occurred logically the plot and was not gratuitous, but part of the make up of those characters. I am sorry if this upset people, but sadly such things do occur. Not cozy, I agree, but I do hope you`ll keep reading. Ann P

At the moment, I have six little hens and a cockerel, a cairn terrier, a fourteen-year-old goldfish and a garden full of wild birds. In my time, I have had geese, ducks, guinea fowl, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters. All have survived to a ripe old age.

]]> By: Linda Nesbitt http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Linda Nesbitt Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:28:26 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-543 It was wonderful to find your Lois Meade series. I started with Murder on Monday, and was charmed by the characters and picture of village life. I purchased one after the other of your lovely books. Imagine my dismay when I got to the book on "Saturday." Because of the gratuitous violence in what I thought was a "cozy mystery", I could not finish the book. I am a true animal lover, and was deeply disappointed to find such hideous descriptions of animal cruelty. LInda Nesbitt, Virginia, USA It was wonderful to find your Lois Meade series. I started with Murder on Monday, and was charmed by the characters and picture of village life. I purchased one after the other of your lovely books. Imagine my dismay when I got to the book on “Saturday.”
Because of the gratuitous violence in what I thought was a “cozy mystery”, I could not finish the book. I am a true animal lover, and was deeply disappointed to find such hideous descriptions of animal cruelty.

LInda Nesbitt,
Virginia, USA

]]> By: Jenny Wood MBE http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Jenny Wood MBE Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:44:26 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-527 Hello Ann I hope you don't mind me emailing you as I am going to be rather cheeky and ask you for a favour. (I didn't get an MBE for being afraid to ask for things!) . As part of encouraging more people to use the Library, I am planning a day of competitions during the summer holidays, and it would be lovely to have some signed copies of novels to give away as prizes. Would there be any chance of you donating one please? There would be a special display of all the authors' books during August, and your details would be mentioned in our leaflet. You probably get loads of requests, so I am just grateful if you can take the time to read this email. Thank you. Jenny Hello Ann

I hope you don’t mind me emailing you as I am going to be rather cheeky and ask you for a favour. (I didn’t get an MBE for being afraid to ask for things!) . As part of encouraging more people to use the Library, I am planning a day of competitions during the summer holidays, and it would be lovely to have some signed copies of novels to give away as prizes. Would there be any chance of you donating one please? There would be a special display of all the authors’ books during August, and your details would be mentioned in our leaflet.

You probably get loads of requests, so I am just grateful if you can take the time to read this email.

Thank you.

Jenny

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Ann Purser Mon, 31 May 2010 09:05:16 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-434 Thanks, Chris, for your nice message! We live in the middle of England, in what is known as the Rose of the Shires, and feel that we are truly the real England. Around here, there are many relics of the Civil War, and the Battle of Naseby took place just up the road from us. It must all seem very small beer compared to your American Civil War! But it is still a very vivid period in our history. Lois is off on another adventure in December in Threats at Three, and meanwhile one of the characters who has been through all the books, Ivy Beasley, stars in her own Enquiry Agency in The Hangman`s Row Enquiry, now out in paperback. Ivy, now in a Suffolk luxury retirement home, is stirring things up satisfactorily! Regars - Ann Thanks, Chris, for your nice message! We live in the middle of England, in what is known as the Rose of the Shires, and feel that we are truly the real England. Around here, there are many relics of the Civil War, and the Battle of Naseby took place just up the road from us. It must all seem very small beer compared to your American Civil War! But it is still a very vivid period in our history.

Lois is off on another adventure in December in Threats at Three, and meanwhile one of the characters who has been through all the books, Ivy Beasley, stars in her own Enquiry Agency in The Hangman`s Row Enquiry, now out in paperback. Ivy, now in a Suffolk luxury retirement home, is stirring things up satisfactorily! Regars – Ann

]]> By: Chris McCue http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Chris McCue Sun, 30 May 2010 01:24:33 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-433 I love your Lois Meade stories! There is something in your stories that transports me to England and puts me in the middle of the action. Please keep up the good work, and I look forward to your future book releases in America. I love your Lois Meade stories! There is something in your stories that transports me to England and puts me in the middle of the action. Please keep up the good work, and I look forward to your future book releases in America.

]]> By: Ann Purser http://www.annpurser.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Ann Purser Fri, 28 May 2010 09:19:28 +0000 http://test.annpurser.com/?page_id=2#comment-429 Many thanks, Meg, for your nice message. Yes, there is another Lois adventure scheduled for December this year (useful Xmas present!), and after that two more are planned. Though Derek tries, there`s no keeping our Lois out of the action. Regards - Ann P Many thanks, Meg, for your nice message. Yes, there is another Lois adventure scheduled for December this year (useful Xmas present!), and after that two more are planned. Though Derek tries, there`s no keeping our Lois out of the action.
Regards – Ann P

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