Some of the reviews that make me think I might be doing something right - sometimes, at least.
"E. Joan Sims has the uncanny ability to warm a reader's soul with the depth of her style and characters while simultaneously prickling nerves with disturbing precision." - Mike Stewart, author of A Clean Kill and Sins of the Brother
"Dialogue that sparkles like champagne and a plot with as many twists as a corkscrew. Were these sleuths after me, I think I would almost welcome being caught." - Anne Perry, author of Southhampton Row
"In Paisley, Cassie and Anna, E. Joan Sims has created a funny and feisty clan of amateur sleuths. Sims's writing is witty, her plotting fast and sure. An enjoyable read." - Teri Holbrook, author of The Grass Widow and A Far and Deadly Cry
"Delightfully captures the rhythms of gossipy small town life." - Marcia Talley, author of Sing It to Her Bones
"E. Joan Sims paints a true-to-life family portrait of loving and endearing characters." - Mary Saums, author of The Valley of Jewels
"The Plague Doctor is a fast paced, interesting read about an Epidemic Intelligence Officer from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention caught up in the middle of a murder mystery ...in a small southern town...the best novel I have read this year!" - Dr. Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., Former Director of the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Visiting Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
"Two elements of The Plague Doctor set it apart from other well-wrought mysteries. First, E. Joan Sims writes action/chase/adventure scenes so colorful that they remind me of the best of Romancing the Stone. Second, and of particular delight, Sims wields her pen cleverly, obviously taking full advantage of how much fun language itself is. Readers will have a blast simply because so much of the novel is memorably phrased. The politically and emotionally difficult subject matter is therefore presented to the reader under the best circumstances - in the context of well-designed suspense and skillful writing. How often do we see both in a novel?" - Polly Whitney, author of Dakota Minor and This Is Grace's Book
"E. Joan Sims has the uncanny ability to warm a reader's soul with the depth of her style and characters while simultaneously prickling nerves with disturbing precision." - Mike Stewart, author of A Clean Kill and Sins of the Brother
"Dialogue that sparkles like champagne and a plot with as many twists as a corkscrew. Were these sleuths after me, I think I would almost welcome being caught." - Anne Perry, author of Southhampton Row
"In Paisley, Cassie and Anna, E. Joan Sims has created a funny and feisty clan of amateur sleuths. Sims's writing is witty, her plotting fast and sure. An enjoyable read." - Teri Holbrook, author of The Grass Widow and A Far and Deadly Cry
"Delightfully captures the rhythms of gossipy small town life." - Marcia Talley, author of Sing It to Her Bones
"E. Joan Sims paints a true-to-life family portrait of loving and endearing characters." - Mary Saums, author of The Valley of Jewels
"The Plague Doctor is a fast paced, interesting read about an Epidemic Intelligence Officer from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention caught up in the middle of a murder mystery ...in a small southern town...the best novel I have read this year!" - Dr. Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., Former Director of the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Visiting Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
"Two elements of The Plague Doctor set it apart from other well-wrought mysteries. First, E. Joan Sims writes action/chase/adventure scenes so colorful that they remind me of the best of Romancing the Stone. Second, and of particular delight, Sims wields her pen cleverly, obviously taking full advantage of how much fun language itself is. Readers will have a blast simply because so much of the novel is memorably phrased. The politically and emotionally difficult subject matter is therefore presented to the reader under the best circumstances - in the context of well-designed suspense and skillful writing. How often do we see both in a novel?" - Polly Whitney, author of Dakota Minor and This Is Grace's Book