While in England over Christmas, I tracked down a copy of The
Magdalen Martyrs, which was published in 2003. I had read
both The Guards and The Killing of the Tinkers and I enjoyed
them both and I also had read two of The White Trilogy. With
Bruen now in the US promoting the the American release of The
Magdalen Martyrs, I pulled it off the shelf and read it this
week. This one I just don't get as it's basically 308 pages
of nothing. Please don't ask me to explain my reaction in
more depth because I can't. I'll be surprised if it's a big
success and sells well.
I have a couple of questions for the UK members of this list.
It seemed that the UK release didn't get much publicity and
the book was difficult to find. I eventually found a copy in
a large store in York and the only other copy I spotted was
in Murder One in London. Only two copies for a writer
supposedly as popular as Bruen after the success of The
Guards and no sign of it in the large chains such as WH Smith
and Waterstones. How was it received in the UK and is The
Dramatists closer in quality to The Guards and Tinkers? And
can someone explain to me what I missed in the Magdalene
Martyrs?
Kent Morgan
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