Sixty seconds with Maureen Jennings...
Maureen Jennings is best known for the Detective Murdoch series, which have been adapted to television for an unprecedented eighteen seasons. In 2011, she was awarded the Grant Allen Award for contribution to her genre. She has been nominated eight times for awards from the Crime Writers of Canada. In 2024, she received the Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award. She was born in the UK and now lives in Toronto with her husband, photographer Iden Ford, and her dog, Murdoch.
RTE: Describe yourself in a sentence?
Jennings: Born and bred in England; shaped by works of Shakespeare and the Girl Guides
RTE: What's the one record you'd take to a desert island?
Jennings: Collected songs of Glen Campbell
RTE: What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Jennings: A veterinarian.
Sixty seconds with Rosalie M. Lin...
Sixty seconds with Dervla McTiernan...
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February 23, 2025
First, an apology for the lateness of this issue. For several months we have been plagued by technical problems, some of which could be addressed, but most requiring a substantial renovation and therefore noticeable expense. Additionally, Rebecca Nesvet, whose contribution over the past several years has been vital in maintaining the very existence of the site, has reluctantly found that her professional commitments demanded more time than she could afford to spare for RTE affairs. I have had to consider whether I could continue with the site and have come to the conclusion that I lacked the energy and probably the will even to try. So this is likely the last time Smokey the Cat will oversee a new batch of reviews.
On offer today are reviews that are recent and that would have appeared earlier had we not run into difficulties. All of them are by reviewers who have been contributing for years, but unfortunately, other stalwart participants are not present, merely because I had none of their work on hand and did not have the heart to ask for work that might never be used. But, at least for the time being, our archives are still available and are accessible from this page. They go back all the way to 2003 and Barbara Franchi, our late and sorely missed founder.
So here are the reviews that have been waiting patiently to be read. As ever, they all approach the work reviewed as worthy of respectful consideration and of negative comment when warranted.
I would be very happy to hear from anyone and delighted to forward any messages to reviewers. Just get in touch at the address below.
With thanks for many years of your interest and support,
Yvonne
yvonnekle@gmail.com
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Our mascot and masthead is Smokey the Cat. Smokey the cat went to the great playground in the sky on April 29, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. He was about 13 years old, had diabetes and only 11 teeth left. He is much happier now. He will remain as our masthead and mascot.
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For this reason and in view of a recent article in the NY Times detailing a reviews-for-hire enterprise, it's probably wise for RTE to reiterate its position on reviewing. While our reviewers receive galleys, ARCs, or finished copies of books for review, they are otherwise unpaid. Furthermore, they are asked to disclose any special interest they might have in a book or an author they are reviewing. No one, including the editors, receives any compensation for the work they do. All our reviewers are encouraged to express their honest opinions, whether positive or negative, about the books they are reviewing. None of our reviewers uses a pseudonym and all are who they say they are. Nor do we employ rating systems (stars, grades, "highly recommended," or the like) in the belief that our reviews deserve to be read in their entirety. Since RTE does not review self-published or digital-only releases, we are perhaps less vulnerable to offers to pay for reviews, but it seems a good idea to make our policy clear. Finally, in the years that I've been editing RTE, I have never once been approached by a press or a publicist to violate this principle in any way.
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