For Sale in Palm Springs (Henry Wright Mystery Series #1) [NOOK Book]

Does this author have an editor?

Don't bother downloading this book. Very amateurish attempt, must be a first try. As an elementary English teacher, I'm appalled at the simplistic sentence structure and lame style. This would need a teacher conference if written by a 6th grader! No redeeming qualities whatsoever, and the grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors lead one to think that no editor ever took a look at this. Whole paragraphs of only one long run on sentence, an unbearable fondness for commas as the mark of choice, and putting whole conversations of dialogue into one paragraph.... really? The only thing I liked about this novel was its reference to a city I'm familiar with - Palm Springs - but even at that, the descriptions of places and locations I recognize are very limited. I grimaced my way through it, but it wasn't worth the time. This could have been SO much better!

22 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

Good story, but difficult to read.

I enjoyed the story in spite of having some problems reading it. The writer needs to brush up on the proper use of paragraphs. I had a lot of trouble following the dialog, because the writer repeatedly had two or more characters speaking within the same paragraph. Should be a new paragraph for each character that speaks. The second problem, also involves paragraphs. Many paragraph were too long.

13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Good story-terrible editing

This author can tell a good tale, but has horrible run-on sentences and improper punctuation and paragraph structure. Doesn't anyone edit these? A real shame . It just made it hard to read without this irritation.

11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Skip most of the pages...

I'm sad to say that my FREE Nook Book wasn't worth downloading. No involved mystery plot, not many characters or character build-ups, too much verbiage that had nothing to do with the mystery...basically a boring read that is easily finished in a couple of hours. I kept reading thinking the mystery would build and the author would introduce more characters, but it quickly became apparent "who done it". Way over descriptive.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Worst. Book. Ever.

Uggggggggh. It was so painful to try to get through this book. Not just because it was badly written, but because the author was trying too hard to make it interesting, without success. Too much information, too much detail, can be a bad thing. A very bad thing. Most of the book went something like this: "He looked deeply into his large, bright red mug of coffee, he liked coffee, usually he drank it with a bit of honey but regular sugar was all right too, not that fake stuff that left a bad taste in your mouth, and then he picked up the spoon and he stirred the rich, black coffee and wished he had just a little bit of that creamer his roommate brought home last week, the caramel flavor that tasted a little like fresh, lovely sweet candy." If you like run-on sentences, lots of overuse of the word "and", far too much detail with descriptive phrases that add nothing to the story, you might be able to get through this. But even for free, it is a waste of Nook space and a real waste of time. Advice to the author: Get an editor! Learn sentence structure!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Not revised at all!

The plot was ok, but there were so many grammatical errors through out the book that it was difficult and frustrating to read at times. Books need to be revised/edited before being published.... I don't think the author even read what he wrote with how many mistakes there were! :(

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Needs work

The sad part is that this could be interesting but it is badly written. It needs editing, polishing, and rewriting.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Poor editing

The poor editing made the flow choppy and hard to follow.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Badly written

So badly written I couldn't get past the second chapter. Waste of time, but thankfully not much money.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Hard to get through

I found this book kind of a chore to finish. I love a good mystery but I found this cliche, repetitive and not consistent.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Surprise Ending

It took a while to get started but the wry humor and subtleturns made for an ibteresting read. I woold like tovsee more development if the characters.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommended

I thoroughly enjoyed reading "For Sale in Palm Springs." It held my attention from the very beginning and kept me interested with the twists and turns of events. Just about the time you think you have it figured out, something else happens and you go in a different direction. It isn't the type of mystery that will have you on the edge of your seat, but it is entertaining and well written.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

READTHE SAME BOOK?

I did not find the problems with the text as ghe other reviews. Perhaps thecopy has been corrected recently. I found this a good page turner, although as with other mysteries, the outxome was predictable.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good Story

The writer spends a lot of time on unnessary discriptions that don't really add much to the story. Barring that it's a good story.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Highly recommend

Enjoyed the suspense of the Henry Wright Mystery's so much that after reading this one by Albert Simon I read his others; Drama In The Mother Lode, Coachella Valley Traffic Jam and Mystery On The Tramway.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Knowing PS helped

great mystery..highly recommended

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Recommended

Very suspensful book. Mystery readers will love it.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Fast Read

Cute and interesting. Kept me going for a simple who dunnit!

Good book

I teally enjoyed this book.

What????

Every book in this series is great!!!!!