Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448304598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The restoration of a crumbling manor house leaves Crispin Guest grappling with a troubling discovery in this entertaining medieval noir mystery. Restoring his recently inherited family home is a daunting enough task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin without the addition of any unwelcome discoveries. But when workmen turning the crumbling manor house into a grand home for Nigellus and his companion, John Rykener, uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately calls on London tracker Crispin Guest for help. Whose bones are they, and why was the valuable relic buried with the thief? Crispin and Jack are drawn into a mystery of dark secrets, family scandal and old grudges as they attempt to find the truth behind a load of old bones.
Spiteful Bones
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448304598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The restoration of a crumbling manor house leaves Crispin Guest grappling with a troubling discovery in this entertaining medieval noir mystery. Restoring his recently inherited family home is a daunting enough task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin without the addition of any unwelcome discoveries. But when workmen turning the crumbling manor house into a grand home for Nigellus and his companion, John Rykener, uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately calls on London tracker Crispin Guest for help. Whose bones are they, and why was the valuable relic buried with the thief? Crispin and Jack are drawn into a mystery of dark secrets, family scandal and old grudges as they attempt to find the truth behind a load of old bones.
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448304598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The restoration of a crumbling manor house leaves Crispin Guest grappling with a troubling discovery in this entertaining medieval noir mystery. Restoring his recently inherited family home is a daunting enough task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin without the addition of any unwelcome discoveries. But when workmen turning the crumbling manor house into a grand home for Nigellus and his companion, John Rykener, uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately calls on London tracker Crispin Guest for help. Whose bones are they, and why was the valuable relic buried with the thief? Crispin and Jack are drawn into a mystery of dark secrets, family scandal and old grudges as they attempt to find the truth behind a load of old bones.
3 Book Sampler
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Old London Press
ISBN: 1735616087
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
A "boxed set" of unabridged ebooks! TWO paranormals and a BONUS medieval mystery. Three firsts in their series. First up is THE DAEMON DEVICE, the first in the Enchanter Chronicles gaslamp-steampunk fantasy trilogy, with dirigibles chugging through the sooty skies of London, a magician with Jewish-Romani blood, an automaton, golems, ghosts, creatures of Gehenna, a shrewd Jewish daemon, mad German scientists, and a Special Inspector from Scotland Yard who may not be what she seems. With illustrations by Robert Carrasco. Then the second paranormal MOONRISERS, the first in the humorous Moonriser Werewolf Mystery series, with Jeff, a player and a surfer who has a werewolf problem that involves him with a dangerous surfer gang, a Voodoo coven, a werewolf pack…and murder! And then--a BONUS! The (real) first in the Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series CUP OF BLOOD. Disgraced knight turned detective Crispin Guest finds himself investigating a missing religious relic while eluding the violent overtures of the minions of the French antipope, a sultry courtier, Knight Templars, and a cunning cutpurse.
Publisher: Old London Press
ISBN: 1735616087
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
A "boxed set" of unabridged ebooks! TWO paranormals and a BONUS medieval mystery. Three firsts in their series. First up is THE DAEMON DEVICE, the first in the Enchanter Chronicles gaslamp-steampunk fantasy trilogy, with dirigibles chugging through the sooty skies of London, a magician with Jewish-Romani blood, an automaton, golems, ghosts, creatures of Gehenna, a shrewd Jewish daemon, mad German scientists, and a Special Inspector from Scotland Yard who may not be what she seems. With illustrations by Robert Carrasco. Then the second paranormal MOONRISERS, the first in the humorous Moonriser Werewolf Mystery series, with Jeff, a player and a surfer who has a werewolf problem that involves him with a dangerous surfer gang, a Voodoo coven, a werewolf pack…and murder! And then--a BONUS! The (real) first in the Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series CUP OF BLOOD. Disgraced knight turned detective Crispin Guest finds himself investigating a missing religious relic while eluding the violent overtures of the minions of the French antipope, a sultry courtier, Knight Templars, and a cunning cutpurse.
Library of the Damned
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Dragua Press
ISBN: 1735616036
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Leopold Kazsmer, stage magician extraordinaire, must make the dangerous journey to the Library of the Damned, a structure fluctuating between the worlds and filled with the archives of the centuries, to find a way to rescue his father and save his own soul from the Unholy Hosts with whom he has made a deadly covenant and who have trapped his father in the darkest depths of Gehenna for seventeen years. With Leopold's amazing cadre of friends—the Special Inspector from Scotland Yard Mingli Zhao, the imp Suchah, the ghost of Inspector Thacker, the automaton Raj, and led by Leopold's daemon friend Eurynomos—London goes to war with Gehenna, and all hell literally breaks loose in this final chapter of the Enchanter Chronicles.
Publisher: Dragua Press
ISBN: 1735616036
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Leopold Kazsmer, stage magician extraordinaire, must make the dangerous journey to the Library of the Damned, a structure fluctuating between the worlds and filled with the archives of the centuries, to find a way to rescue his father and save his own soul from the Unholy Hosts with whom he has made a deadly covenant and who have trapped his father in the darkest depths of Gehenna for seventeen years. With Leopold's amazing cadre of friends—the Special Inspector from Scotland Yard Mingli Zhao, the imp Suchah, the ghost of Inspector Thacker, the automaton Raj, and led by Leopold's daemon friend Eurynomos—London goes to war with Gehenna, and all hell literally breaks loose in this final chapter of the Enchanter Chronicles.
Great Lives
Author: Karen Farrington
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446417379
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Based on the popular Radio 4 series, Great Lives highlights some of the world's most fascinating and influential characters. Chosen by the show's guests, each biography reveals the life and times of artists, sportsmen, statesmen, authors, monarchs, actors, musicians and scientists, showing why they inspire, what they achieved and how they have influenced the world at large. Discover the intriguing lives of Clement Attlee and Henri Matisse, King Alfred and Samuel Johnson, Tommy Cooper and Robert Kennedy, Robin Day and Edith Wharton, along with many more. From the famous to the obscure, the historical to the contemporary, each biography provides an insight into the character's personality, why they were driven to achieve so much, and separates fact from fiction. With a foreword by the show's presenter, Matthew Parris, Great Lives is an ideal gift for history and biography enthusiasts, and for fans of the Radio 4 series.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446417379
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Based on the popular Radio 4 series, Great Lives highlights some of the world's most fascinating and influential characters. Chosen by the show's guests, each biography reveals the life and times of artists, sportsmen, statesmen, authors, monarchs, actors, musicians and scientists, showing why they inspire, what they achieved and how they have influenced the world at large. Discover the intriguing lives of Clement Attlee and Henri Matisse, King Alfred and Samuel Johnson, Tommy Cooper and Robert Kennedy, Robin Day and Edith Wharton, along with many more. From the famous to the obscure, the historical to the contemporary, each biography provides an insight into the character's personality, why they were driven to achieve so much, and separates fact from fiction. With a foreword by the show's presenter, Matthew Parris, Great Lives is an ideal gift for history and biography enthusiasts, and for fans of the Radio 4 series.
The Deadliest Sin
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448305993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Crispin Guest is summoned to a London priory to unmask a merciless killer. Can he discover who is committing the deadliest of sins? 1399, London. A drink at the Boar’s Tusk takes an unexpected turn for Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, and his apprentice, Jack Tucker, when a messenger claims the prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire him to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta’s nuns have been killed in a way that signifies two of the Seven Deadly Sins, and she’s at her wits end. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing outside of London when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, the new Duke of Lancaster, returns to England’s shores with an army to take back his inheritance. Crispin is caught between solving the crimes at St. Frideswide’s Priory, and making a choice once more whether to stand with King Richard or commit treason again.
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448305993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Crispin Guest is summoned to a London priory to unmask a merciless killer. Can he discover who is committing the deadliest of sins? 1399, London. A drink at the Boar’s Tusk takes an unexpected turn for Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, and his apprentice, Jack Tucker, when a messenger claims the prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire him to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta’s nuns have been killed in a way that signifies two of the Seven Deadly Sins, and she’s at her wits end. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing outside of London when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, the new Duke of Lancaster, returns to England’s shores with an army to take back his inheritance. Crispin is caught between solving the crimes at St. Frideswide’s Priory, and making a choice once more whether to stand with King Richard or commit treason again.
Baying for Blood
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Dragua Press
ISBN: 1735616001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Jeff Chase is finding his way as a werewolf in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, even though he might have screwed up big with the only woman who can help him navigate this new paranormal world...because he MIGHT have fallen for her— Aw, who is he kidding? He DID fall for her, but the girl isn't having it. She doesn't want to be another notch on his bedpost. Not like the girl he boinked who had just become a werewolf too...and was found dead on the beach. Was it that loser surfer gang, the Cutback Boys? Or is there something new in town, something he doesn’t even want to imagine could be real? Something big IS brewing and he’ll need all his friends—including his Voodoo “aunties” and the hated werewolf pack the Moonrisers—to help him solve this one.
Publisher: Dragua Press
ISBN: 1735616001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Jeff Chase is finding his way as a werewolf in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, even though he might have screwed up big with the only woman who can help him navigate this new paranormal world...because he MIGHT have fallen for her— Aw, who is he kidding? He DID fall for her, but the girl isn't having it. She doesn't want to be another notch on his bedpost. Not like the girl he boinked who had just become a werewolf too...and was found dead on the beach. Was it that loser surfer gang, the Cutback Boys? Or is there something new in town, something he doesn’t even want to imagine could be real? Something big IS brewing and he’ll need all his friends—including his Voodoo “aunties” and the hated werewolf pack the Moonrisers—to help him solve this one.
Singularity and Other Stories
Author: Melanie Tem
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Singularity gathers award-winning writer Melanie Tem’s most important short fiction, highlighting her diversity and mastery of her art. The sixty stories collected here range from "Sitting with the Driver," a western with a dark woman at its center, to "Little Shit," a contemporary tale of a woman who uses her deceptive appearance and psychic power to trap those who prey on the helpless. The child in "Corn teeth" longs not only to become a part of an alien family, but also to become an alien. And in the title tale, a man studies singularities and strin theory to both understand and blind himself to the truth about the woman he loves. Although the story is not science fiction, its exploration of physics is as rigorous as that found in the best sf. Here you will find no triumphant warriors, no powerful and beautiful protagonists, no monsters from beyond the dark cold void or madmen bent on conquest. Tem's characters are mothers and siblings, orphans and lonely seniors. Her stories are often about family, and always about relationships. Even though Kelly is the only character in "Iced in," the bitter truth that lies at the story's heart is that she is doomed by her failure to maintain relationships. Melanie Tem's stories are often haunted by ghosts and monsters, ghosts and monsters revealed as all too human. In Singularity, she explores the love and terror that lie deep within all of us.
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Singularity gathers award-winning writer Melanie Tem’s most important short fiction, highlighting her diversity and mastery of her art. The sixty stories collected here range from "Sitting with the Driver," a western with a dark woman at its center, to "Little Shit," a contemporary tale of a woman who uses her deceptive appearance and psychic power to trap those who prey on the helpless. The child in "Corn teeth" longs not only to become a part of an alien family, but also to become an alien. And in the title tale, a man studies singularities and strin theory to both understand and blind himself to the truth about the woman he loves. Although the story is not science fiction, its exploration of physics is as rigorous as that found in the best sf. Here you will find no triumphant warriors, no powerful and beautiful protagonists, no monsters from beyond the dark cold void or madmen bent on conquest. Tem's characters are mothers and siblings, orphans and lonely seniors. Her stories are often about family, and always about relationships. Even though Kelly is the only character in "Iced in," the bitter truth that lies at the story's heart is that she is doomed by her failure to maintain relationships. Melanie Tem's stories are often haunted by ghosts and monsters, ghosts and monsters revealed as all too human. In Singularity, she explores the love and terror that lie deep within all of us.
The Twilight Queen
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448310911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Court jester Will Somers is drawn into another gripping and entertaining mystery when malevolent forces strike again at the court of Henry VIII – and Anne Boleyn is the target. 1536, London. Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is in peril. In the mid of night, court jester Will Somers is summoned to an urgent assignation when she discovers a body in her chamber. The queen wants Will to find out who the man is and how he ended up there. Is someone trying to frame her for his murder? Queen Anne has many enemies at court, and to make matters worse, Henry VIII is lining up his next conquest and suspects his queen of treason. Has the formidable Thomas Cromwell been whispering vile lies in the king’s ears, and could the queen be the target of a Catholic conspiracy? As further attacks plague the court, Will is determined to uncover the truth behind the plotting and devilry, but he will need to keep hold of all his wits to do so!
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448310911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Court jester Will Somers is drawn into another gripping and entertaining mystery when malevolent forces strike again at the court of Henry VIII – and Anne Boleyn is the target. 1536, London. Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is in peril. In the mid of night, court jester Will Somers is summoned to an urgent assignation when she discovers a body in her chamber. The queen wants Will to find out who the man is and how he ended up there. Is someone trying to frame her for his murder? Queen Anne has many enemies at court, and to make matters worse, Henry VIII is lining up his next conquest and suspects his queen of treason. Has the formidable Thomas Cromwell been whispering vile lies in the king’s ears, and could the queen be the target of a Catholic conspiracy? As further attacks plague the court, Will is determined to uncover the truth behind the plotting and devilry, but he will need to keep hold of all his wits to do so!
Rebellious Grace
Author: Jeri Westerson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448315867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Henry VIII's court jester Will Somers turns reluctant inquisitor once again when a grotesque murder within the palace walls is linked to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion in this gripping Tudor mystery. 1536, London. The gruesome murder of a servant in the king's palace, his throat savagely cut, has brought fear to the court of Henry VIII. When the man's body is then dug up from the churchyard and disembowelled two weeks later, Will Somers, the king's jester, is horrified. What terrible mischief is now afoot under the king's roof? With Henry VIII distracted by The Pilgrimage of Grace, the religious revolt led by Robert Aske in protest at the king turning his back on the Catholic faith, Will becomes reluctant inquisitor once again. As he attempts to unmask a murderous knave, Will uncovers a chilling link between one of Queen Jane Seymour's precious jewels, the rebellion and the dead man. Is a shocking act of treachery behind a grotesque killing? Perfect for fans of stunning Tudor mysteries and historical dramas featuring witty and tenacious sleuths, and bursting with betrayal, politics and passion from the likes of Paul Doherty Michael Jecks,, C.J. Sansom and Philippa Gregory.
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448315867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Henry VIII's court jester Will Somers turns reluctant inquisitor once again when a grotesque murder within the palace walls is linked to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion in this gripping Tudor mystery. 1536, London. The gruesome murder of a servant in the king's palace, his throat savagely cut, has brought fear to the court of Henry VIII. When the man's body is then dug up from the churchyard and disembowelled two weeks later, Will Somers, the king's jester, is horrified. What terrible mischief is now afoot under the king's roof? With Henry VIII distracted by The Pilgrimage of Grace, the religious revolt led by Robert Aske in protest at the king turning his back on the Catholic faith, Will becomes reluctant inquisitor once again. As he attempts to unmask a murderous knave, Will uncovers a chilling link between one of Queen Jane Seymour's precious jewels, the rebellion and the dead man. Is a shocking act of treachery behind a grotesque killing? Perfect for fans of stunning Tudor mysteries and historical dramas featuring witty and tenacious sleuths, and bursting with betrayal, politics and passion from the likes of Paul Doherty Michael Jecks,, C.J. Sansom and Philippa Gregory.
The Bones of the Bible : The Skeleton of Our Faith
Author: IlaJean Kragthorpe
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1618973878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Bible is a book concerned with faith. Because God is a God of relationship, the Bible traces the lives of many who had a relationship with God, as well as many who did not. In the Bible God tells Hosea, “for I am God and no mortal,” (11:9). Simply put, this scripture teaches us that God does not choose as we do. For example, he delivers The Ten Commandments into the hands of a murderer, a non-Jewish prostitute is chosen to become the great-great grandmother of King David of Israel, and a hated Samaritan becomes the hero of one of Jesus’ most enduring parables. These Biblical figures can teach us much about grace, faith, courage, and repentance. Through brief daily readings, The Bones of the Bible reviews and makes relevant some of the people and events of each book of the Bible, all within the course of a year. You will discover that their journeys are not that different from our own and that the one constant we can depend on is the grace of a loving God.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1618973878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Bible is a book concerned with faith. Because God is a God of relationship, the Bible traces the lives of many who had a relationship with God, as well as many who did not. In the Bible God tells Hosea, “for I am God and no mortal,” (11:9). Simply put, this scripture teaches us that God does not choose as we do. For example, he delivers The Ten Commandments into the hands of a murderer, a non-Jewish prostitute is chosen to become the great-great grandmother of King David of Israel, and a hated Samaritan becomes the hero of one of Jesus’ most enduring parables. These Biblical figures can teach us much about grace, faith, courage, and repentance. Through brief daily readings, The Bones of the Bible reviews and makes relevant some of the people and events of each book of the Bible, all within the course of a year. You will discover that their journeys are not that different from our own and that the one constant we can depend on is the grace of a loving God.