letter from author

Great news, I finally received an email from Mike Williams author of Secret channel & Channel of Invasion and here it is:

Hi,
I picked up Babs Simpson's very kind review of my books.Please do thank her for me - I'm most grateful. Please tell her she's made an old man very happy! (I'm 77 in a few weeks' time)
Please also tell her, the third part of my trilogy - The Channel to Freedom (also Thorogood Publishing) is due out in May 2010.

I noticed that you ask what books I read - and mentioned you had no contact home-page to e-mail, hence this note from me, this evening.

My tastes are pretty wide-ranging, but essentially I enjoy books that -
Are written in elegant/good English
Are difficult to put down, because of built-in 'cliff-hangers' and mounting tension
Have a high measure of authenticity (i.e. I need to feel that the author has 'been there' and/or 'done it'.)
Have good, absorbing and exciting plots
Contain believable characters who are, above all, real and ring true
Are 'atmospheric'

So, for some titles of my favourites -

The 39 Steps - John Buchan
Riddle of Sands - Erskine Childers
Dame Stella Rimington's novels
Past imperfect - Julian Fellowes
Snobs - Fellowes
Some of Charles Dickens novels (for characters and sheer 'story'
Hornblower stories - CS Forrester
Historical novels by Bernard Cornwell
The Richard Bolitho novels by Alexander Kent
How's that for a start?

I look forward to hearing from you,

Yours aye

Mike