Hi Shell We had our reading club meeting about the Quality of Mercy by David Roberts. It really is a curious book in some ways. It is very much like a Dorothy L Sayers with an aristocratic detective. It is also set just before the second world war and written in the Dorothy L Sayers style. The language and everything about it seems to be based on that 1930's feel. It is the seventh in a sequence of 10. They were published between 2000 and 2010 and were/are not very successful. The questions that hang in the air are why has the author been so persistent? And why did Calibre choose this particular book to put in their library when they haven't noticed any of the others? Was it worth reading. Well only in a sort of well that was a pleasant hour Sort of way. I'm not going to bother looking for the rest of the series. Steve From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shell Sent: 25 April 2013 18:51 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] David Roberts Hi Steve, David Roberts is not an author I have heard of before, but that sounds like an interesting book. It must be strange reading a fictional book with a character in you have met. Shell. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:13 AM To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ebooktalk] THE QUALITY OF MERCY > Hi > > > > I have just read The Quality of Mercy by David Roberts for a reading group. > I am not sure when it was written but it is set shortly before the second > world war. It features an aristocratic British Agent - almost a Peter > Whimsey. > > > > I was prompted to write by Voldi's comment about mixing real and fictional > characters. This book has the Mountbatten's playing a small part in the > story but wielding rather more influence as the fact that one of the crimes > in the book is committed on the Broadlands Estate and is consequently rather > hushed up to save the Mountbatten's embarrassment. For me the odd thing > about the book is that it features at least one person I have met and indeed > received a school prize from as Lord Mountbatten used to be something to do > with the Royal London Society for the Blind. > > > > I need to have a look at David Roberts as I know nothing about him. This > book may have been the second in the series as there are references to a > previous case. > > > > Steve > >