What's on your bookshelf?

What is on your bookshelf?

My books, the complete set so far.

The Belgae Torc, The Gordian Knot and Cutting the Gordian Knot are the three action adventure books in The Torc Trilogy.

The Witness is a psychological thriller and The Cellist is a thriller.

These two books are stand alone novels but characters and places from The Witness appear in The Cellist.

The other book by Bernard Cornwell is a favourite of mine!

Searching for inspiration

Yesterday was such a lovely day, so after working in the garden for a while, I decided to go for a walk around the country lanes where I live.

Clear sky crisp and cold.  I wonder where they are off too!

A typical lane around the village

Part of a gateway to a lovely old house.  What a view!

Me taking a photo of me!

When you look out of your window and see this...

Public footpath to where?

A Victorian post box, note the VR and the crown.

 

Country pursuits.

A roadside nature reserve! 

This one makes me look as if I'm on stilts!

Steps over a fence.

On the edge of the village.

A resident?

Enough said!

A sign of spring

Today the weather is damp, cold and nowhere near as nice as it was yesterday, so time to start writing the next chapter of The Photographer.

It's my Birthday!

Today is my birthday and Maria, my lovely wife bought me a writing slope.  I have always wanted a vintage writing slope so here it is.

I just love boxes of all kinds.

The leather slope is in good condition.

It looks great opened out.

I have paper, envelopes and blotting paper stowed away in there.

This is a fascinating label.

The label tells me that this box was a prize awarded to Mr W Morgan in 1914 in Birmingham.  This is definitely something that needs to be researched. 

I can now look out for a little vintage ink pot and I intend to increase my collection of fountain pens.  

I have already written a letter using the slope.  How many people apart from Mr Morgan has done this I ask myself, where has the box been for the last 100 years, so many interesting questions.

What a fabulous birthday gift.

The Cellist

I am beginning to receive some fabulous comments and messages from readers of my latest book The Cellist.  Reviews have started to come in on Amazon but there is room for more, so if you have not yet left yours it would be lovely to hear from you.

Amazon review:- Five stars

Kevin is a master of suspense. I enjoyed his previous psychological 

thriller THE WITNESS, and THE CELLIST is written in a similar 

way, with the main character Mia finding that people around her are 

being murdered, and making the reader wonder if she will be next. 

There are some great descriptions of her concerts, and her great 

talent, but the killer is stealthily at work, and she becomes more and 

more afraid. If you like psychological thrillers, then I can thoroughly 

recommend it. Well done Kevin!

Please help to make The Cellist a best seller by going to Amazon and 

ordering your copy, paperback or kindle.

Alternatively, if you would like a signed copy, check out my

website, www.kevinmarshnovels.co.uk 

All the best for 2018 and Happy Reading.

Murder mystery

We all had parts to play on New Years eve. A murder mystety evening at an oast house and barn location in Sussex, where ten of us stayed for the New Year period.

The cast

Me in character.

The play was set in the 1920s.  My character was a rather splendid owner of a Belgian chocolate factory.  A detective on a DVD led the proceedings and between meal courses we acted out the play.  After the meal we had an opportunity to quiz each other and then make our murderer predictions.  Only one of us was right. 

New Year break

We stayed at a lovely old oast house and barn in Sussex over the New Year period.  Although the weather was bad, very windy and wet, we had a fantastic time.  There was ten of us, all family, and on the 31st we had a murder mystery evening with a meal and plenty if wine.  It was great fun when in character, we all had parts to play.

The front of the barn.

The rear of the property, bedrooms in oast roofs.

A bedroom above a games room.

Our bedroom is on the right, above a television lounge.

Another barn in the yard, en suite bedroom and massive lounge.

What a great time we had in this beautiful setting.

Final special offer.

Cutting the Gordian Knot (The Final Solution) is currently on offer from Amazon as a Kindle download for just £0.99 (UK) and $1.34 (USA).

The final book in The Torc Trilogy.

Synopsis.

Two months after their disastrous holiday, Orlagh and Jerry are at home in Ireland recovering from their terrifying ordeal.

The Belgae Torc is at last on display at the National Museum and Orlagh is under increasing pressure to divide her time between her work at the museum and heading up an archaeological dig in County Meath.  She is convinced that an ancient battle between Iron Age tribes took place here and is determined to prove her theory, but as archaeologists begin to unearth the truth, they are faced with some unexpected surprises.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Jack Harrington is making discoveries of his own and finds himself juggling personal and professional commitments.  His organisation is still recovering from recent events in the Mediterranean and is loathed to be drawn into another deadly conflict, but like it or not, there are unresolved issues that cannot be avoided.

The Phoenix Legion is about to implement the final phase of its master plan and this time Schiffer is convinced that nothing can stop him from realising his goal.

With the past merging with the present, the elements of a deadly conclusion are finally coming together.  Will history repeat itself or can another worldwide catastrophe be avoided?   

This offer is for a limited period only, so be sure to download your copy today.

Happy New Year and Happy Reading.