The Marnie Walker mysteries |
by |
Leo McNeir |
"intelligent entertainment for the intelligent reader" |
Hi and
welcome to my website. If you’ve visited before, welcome back.
I’m often
asked if the books should be read in a certain order. That is why they
are featured in chronological order on this site. Almost. I’ll explain.
The first
book I wrote was ‘Sally Ann’s Summer’, but it ran into problems because
it did not fit in strictly with the crime fiction form of the other
novels in the Marnie Walker series. Enigma Publishing received questions
from readers who pointed out that there were references to previous
events in some of the early books. The readers wanted to know what had
happened in the past and why.
The first books published were ‘Getaway with Murder’, ‘Death in Little Venice’ and ‘Kiss and Tell’. Between the appearance of each of these I attempted to rewrite ‘Sally Ann’s Summer’. I had to write that story four times before I was satisfied with it. That is no exaggeration. It was only with the inclusion of Sexy Sheena – who asked too many questions – and references to the criminal underworld that the story finally took on a satisfactory form in relation to the other books.
My answer to
the question of whether the books should be read in a certain order is
now clear. I would advise starting with ‘Sally Ann’s Summer’ and then,
if you like the characters and the environment, continue with ‘Getaway
with Murder’ and so on.
How
successful the outcome was, is for you the reader to judge. Whatever you
decide, I wish you as always,
Happy
reading!