Yes. It did help knowing a bit about Newcastle and Gateshead. Alan. -----Original Message----- From: electrobooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:electrobooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Russell Sent: 29 May 2009 18:41 To: electrobooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [electrobooks] Re: Mercy Seat. I started this book and for a while not much happened and I found it all rather mixed up and disjointed. Then I got to know the characters and became involved and I was hooked. some of the scenes were fairly strong, but I have no objection to that. I would think those like Alan and Ian who know Newcastle will get more out of this book, as there was so much atmosphere. There was certainly a lot of action, and I will read the others in the series as Sandra scans them. Strangely enough, I heard of this author on another list and ordered a book from my library, only to find that Sandra was scanning it. Definitely a real find, and if we can all choose books by authors we do not know, and if they are all as good as this, then the list will serve its purpose. Shell's book is certainly by an author new to me, so I look forward to that one. David -----Original Message----- From: electrobooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:electrobooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shell Sent: 29 May 2009 18:33 To: electrobooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [electrobooks] Mercy Seat. I loved this book. I had never heard of the author before, so wasn't sure what to expect. Now it will deffinately feature in my top ten reads of the year. The characters were so real and the story moved along so quickly, but I never felt lost in it. I can't wait to read the next one, which I have ready here, thanks to Sandra, but can't get round to for a few books yet. Looking forward to what everyone else thought. Shell. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1942 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4116 (20090529) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com