A Great Review of She Ruined Our Lives in Gilbert!
Dale Ahlquist, the president of The Society of G.K. Chesterton, just wrote a great review of She Ruined Our Lives for the most recent issue (March/April 2024) of the magazine Gilbert! He writes:
“A novel is nothing without a good opening sentence. Especially a mystery novel. There has to be a reason for reading the second sentence. That reason is the first sentence.
“Layla Dolak stopped loving her younger sister Erika three months earlier, on a humid summer day.”
That’s a good first sentence. It is a hook. The sharp part is the phrase, “stopped loving her sister.” I read that, and I wanted to keep reading. I had just changed my mind about having someone else review this book. I wanted to know what made her stop loving her sister, and I certainly wanted to know what happened next. And I was especially keen on knowing what happened after that.”
–Chris Chan
Chris Chan’s second Funderburke and Kaiming novel, She Ruined Our Lives, was released on February 6th. His sequel to Sherlock’s Secretary, Nessie’s Nemesis, was published on September 3rd by MX Publishing. His novel Ghosting My Friend was released by Level Best Books on March 28th. His first novel, Sherlock’s Secretary, was released by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2. His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books. His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there). It is also available in a Kindle edition.
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