Archive for November, 2007

Enthusiastic comments and a Best Seller ranking

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Val Pattee’s THE ONION FILES is catching on with READERS.

“It kept me up all night”- Al S, retired Col RCAF.

“Didn’t know I was having drinks with Jim Buchan all those years ago”- Bruce F.

“Sure made for a short flight across the country”- Don M, retired General.

“The cultural divide in the Covered Bazaar was fascinating”- Rich, 16 years old.

“I enjoyed the book and am impressed … a compelling and moving story … a bit of Tom Clancy and a bit of Arthur Hailey. The movie should pack them in! Well done”- Jack M, CEO.

“I rationed myself not to finish the book in one gulp…scary stuff..” Ursula H, UK.

SALES of THE ONION FILES are doing well. The paperback is being sold (and has been re-ordered by one store when it sold out) at Munro’s and Chapters Downtown in Victoria and at Tanner’s Bookstore in Sidney. Most of the promotional push has been directing potential readers to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. At the Canadian site (www.amazon.ca), THE ONION FILES was showing in 6th place among bestselling espionage thrillers last week!  That was AHEAD of fellows like Follett and Ludlum. Pretty amazing for a first-time author in the first month after his book’s launch. Well done, Val!

CFAX rates THE ONION FILES as “a very good story and a pleasure to read”

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

The Onion Files is “a very good story and a pleasure to read” says Terry Spence, host of CFAX 1070 Talk Radio with Terry Spence. “It has that feel of truth to it like the guy who wrote it really knows what goes on in that part of our world.”