Andy Maslen
Autor/a de The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne Book 1)
Sobre l'autor
Andy Maslen runs Sunfish, an independent copywriting agency specializing in direct and digital marketing as well as B2B corporate communications. He is also the author of Write to Sell and The Copywriting Sourcebook.
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Obres de Andy Maslen
The Copywriting Sourcebook: How to Write Better Copy, Faster - For Everything from Ads to Websites (2010) 13 exemplars
Blind Impact: The second Gabriel Wolfe thriller (The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers) (Volume 2) (2016) 12 exemplars
100 Great Copywriting Ideas: From Leading Companies Around the World (100 Great Ideas) (2009) 11 exemplars
Write Copy, Make Money: How to Build Your Own Successful Freelance Copywriting Business (2010) — Autor — 6 exemplars
Gabriel Wolfe Boxset #2: First Casualty, Fury, Rattlesnake (The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers Boxset) (2018) 4 exemplars
Hit and Done: Shortlisted for Kindle Storyteller Award 2018 (The DI Stella Cole Thrillers Book 3) (2018) 4 exemplars
The First Stella Cole Boxset: The Revenge Trilogy: Hit and Run, Hit Back Harder, Hit and Done (The DI Stella Cole… (2018) 3 exemplars
Homebodies: A short story 2 exemplars
You're Always With Me: A heart-stopping psychological thriller with twist after shocking twist (2022) 2 exemplars
Gabriel Wolfe Boxset #3: No Further, Torpedo, Three Kingdoms (The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers Boxset) (2019) 2 exemplars
Purity Kills: An action-packed spinoff from the Gabriel Wolfe series (The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers) (2022) 1 exemplars
The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers 1 exemplars
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Bad Chechen villains kidnapping typhoon and reaction enhancing drugs being kept from nasty Russian villains. Good development of Chechen characters but kills them off as an afterthought it's sad really. I like them.
Very clear and comprehensive manual. I'd have appreciated a bit more on what sort of software to use, etc, but as a guide to setting up a freelance copywriting business, it is excellent.
This book is a good resource for people getting into copywriting or want to improve their persuasive writing ability. Following the principle that people purchase primarily from primal emotion then bring logic in to justify the decision, the author steps through principles then illustrates them with compelling examples. He also has provided good resources on his website to complement what’s in the book. The social media section is a touch dated but still valuable.
He does go on tangents like his affinity for writing instead of typing (repeatedly acknowledging his lack of typing skill) which was distracting. We all have preferences for how we work but can follow the same principles. But this was a small part. It was a valuable help for some marketing projects at work.… (més)
He does go on tangents like his affinity for writing instead of typing (repeatedly acknowledging his lack of typing skill) which was distracting. We all have preferences for how we work but can follow the same principles. But this was a small part. It was a valuable help for some marketing projects at work.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 44
- Membres
- 330
- Popularitat
- #71,937
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 10
- ISBN
- 47
- Llengües
- 3
Review of the Thomas & Mercer Kindle eBook via Amazon Prime First Reads (December 1, 2023) in advance of the official release in paperback/ebook/audiobook formats (December 1, 2024).
Kat Ballantyne became a detective because her best friend from her teenage years became a victim to the so-called "Origami Killer" who leaves a trademark origami paper-fold at each crime site. After a supposed 7 victims the killer went into hiatus. Now after 15 years, they are back and Ballantyne is now in a position to do something about it. Her superiors doubt her obsession though and think she is wasting time and resources pursuing it.
There are twists to come throughout this novel and one of them relates to the number of early victims involved. As seen in the above quotes, the author (and then the copyeditor and proofreader) was also careless about that. Still, that confusion is eventually explained. Otherwise there were a lot of cliches and stereotypes in this. The dogged detective who is recklessly breaking rules along the way, the unsupportive male boss, the messy family with a "shady" parent, the serial killer who just can't resist leaving clues & collects "trophies" which will help convict them in the end, etc.
On the Berengaria Ease of Solving Scale® this was about a 5 out of 10, as the culprit became obvious after certain evidence (illegally obtained of course) came to light.
Overall I still thought that The Seventh Girl was reasonably well done, even if it was in the tired and overdone serial killer genre. The 2nd Kat Ballantyne book The Unseen Sister is expected to be published May 16, 2024.
Trivia and Links
Amazon Prime First Reads advance reading copies (ARCs) are available to Amazon Prime subscribers. They offer advance reads of books in Kindle eBook format one month before the date of official release. The current month's selection is available here (Link goes to Amazon US, adjust for your own country or region).… (més)