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reviewed by: Patricia

I just finished Death on Account and Speak for the Dead by Margaret Yorke. I have to confess that when I put a book down after I finish and start another, I usually have to go back to the first book and read the front to remember the story. (Strange I know, but true.) Anyway, now I have read all the Yorkes they have in this local library system so I will have to find another author.

Even though female English and Irish authors are limited, I don't think I will run out. My recent writer, Margaret Yorke, has penned over eighty books and she is still alive. Another writer I like is Anne Perry who produces two or three books a year. Those are just two in the field.

It seems the Anne Perry books are the only ones I can recall after reading. That's why I keep a folder filled with English female authors and titles of books they have written. I check off each book after I read it.

Patricia

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I have read many of Anne Perry's books. She writes two to three novels a year. She has four different series going. Two of Anne Perry's series are historical Victorian mysteries. She started with a character and his wife, Thomas Pitt and Charlotte. (That first book of this series was made into a TV show.) The second set of characters are William Monk and his wife Hester.

The third set of books I have not read. I think they are taking place during World War I. She also writes a series of mystical books which do not interest me.

I like some of Anne's books so much that I read a few books twice a couple of years ago. I felt I had missed some things. They were also good the second time around! Anne has new a book coming out soon, I think. I usually wait a couple of months and then request the title at my local library. Even then, I still may have to wait on her new book, Long Spoon Lane.

While I am waiting, I am reading books by Elizabeth Palmer. They are not mysteries but they are pretty good. My favorite book of hers is called Old Money. I wish I could tell you about the plot, but when I read these books, they immediately leave me. I usually have to read the review in the front of the book jacket to recall if I have read a title or not.

Since I always read what it says about authors on a book's dust jacket, I know the author is English. I noticed Elizabeth is very elegant- looking. Sometime when you are in the library, pull one of her books and look at her picture.

Patricia