tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post6968680629928013576..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Clara Benson’s “The Murder at Sissingham Hall”Glynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-80346755021839712952016-02-11T18:13:47.275-06:002016-02-11T18:13:47.275-06:00I started reading Clara Benson books and have made...I started reading Clara Benson books and have made it up to the Riddle at Gipsy's Mile, but I just couldn't shake the same feeling that these just don't read like books written during the 20s and 30s by an amateur writer writing for her own pleasure. I got even more suspicious when I went to ClaraBenson.com and the one paragraph backstory not only wasn't embellished, but wasn't even there. Way too unbelievable. Why would the family who had stumbled onto this little gold mine not broadcast the story with pictures everywhere they could. <br /><br />On GoodReads, there was a commenter who said that the real author has finally 'fessed up, because he wants to release a new series of mysteries. I haven't been able to corroborate that, but I find it much more believable somehow than the backstory we've been given. I'm sorry the author and publisher misled the readers. I think it's kind of a shabby trick.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041870165759296394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-16616453196713893532015-10-24T09:01:15.648-05:002015-10-24T09:01:15.648-05:00I've looked at these books in passing and have...I've looked at these books in passing and have to admit that the story of how they came to be intrigued me. Now that you stated you don't believe it, I might have to really check them out. Thanks for the good review!Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.com