NEW INSPECTOR KETCH STORIES

TWO NEW STORIES ABOUT THE INTREPID INSPECTOR KETCH OF NORWICH POLICE

THE BURLESQUE CLUB

When a youth is found drowned in a lake in West Norfolk, police soon discover a second unidentified body of a young woman who has been strangled. After some digging, DCI Ketch matches the victim's details to the disappearance of a university lecturer's wife. The case subsequently reveals that the young woman led a bizarre and seamy life and the full picture of her exploits only emerges after a tortuous and complex investigation. This is one of a series of murder cases from the files of Ketch, the dogged and recalcitrant Norwich DCI who first made his appearance in The Norwich Murders.

A SEASON OF MELANCHOLY

When the partially decomposed body of a young woman is discovered by a walker in Norfolk's AylmertonWoods, her identity is a mystery. That isn't DCI Ketch's only problem. There's a new ACC at the Norwich HQ, a woman this time, and an uncompromising boss whose remit is to weed out dead wood in The Force. And top of the list is the grouchy and obstinate Ketch. As the investigation proceeds, Ketch becomes convinced that the key to the murder lies in the victim's past and suspects that she has died at the hands of one of her boyfriends. But is he right?

 

Both available on Kindle.

CRIMINOLOGICAL HOLMES

THE CRIMINOLOGICAL HOLMES - new ebook on Kindle.

 

This indispensable guide to the criminological content of the Sherlock Holmes saga contains an A to Z guide and provides the reader with a fascinating insight into19th century crime detection techniques. Essential reading for those intrigued by Victorian forensics and lovers of Mr Holmes and his pioneering methods. Also contains two appendices which include a list of Holmes' own criminological publications and a rare reprint of the detective's work, Upon The Tracing of Footsteps. By veteran Holmes writer Kelvin Jones, author of The Sherlock Holmes Murder File.

NORWICH SLEUTH

NORWICH SLEUTH
Each part of Britain has its own fictional sleuth and Norwich is now no exception to the rule. The past two years have seen the emergence of a new sleuth on the block, Inspector Ketch of the Norwich Police. Ketch is a pseudonym for DCI Huw Price, who earned the sobriquet from his colleagues after they found out that one of his ancestors was the Regency hangman Jack Ketch.
Ketch features in four volumes of crime stories written by local Aylsham based author and Conan Doyle aficionado Kelvin Jones, the latest of these being the ebook, "The Norwich Murder Files - An Inspector Ketch Omnibus". An old style copper now in his 50's, Ketch is a luddite in this digital world and also something of an alcoholic. He uses traditional methods and pure instinct to unravel his cases.

Things are not going well for DCI Ketch of the Norwich police. He's a father at 50 years old and deprived of sleep, the Latvian drug case has been thrown out by the DPP and he's in trouble with the Deputy Chief Constable once again. So when news reaches him of a John Doe in fashionable Elm Hill in the city, he hopes for a speedy conclusion to the case. At first it appears the victim was stabbed as the result of a mugging, but his identity remains an utter mystery. And what precisely is the significance of the dead man's diary, written in French? It's a tough nut to crack for the seasoned Norfolk policeman but Ketch never gives up in the most recent ebook, The Elm Hill Corpse.

The Ketch stories (all published as ebooks in the Kindle series: Murder Most Easterly and The Norwich Murder Files) depict a changing social landscape and range in theme from domestic murders to drugs and slave trafficking. And, like all good crime tales, all of the Ketch stories utilise the East Anglian landscape to powerful and often dramatic effect, from the brooding fens to the ancient environs of Norwich city.
Author Kelvin I. Jones has been a prolific writer for a quarter of a century. He has published six books about Sherlock Holmes and the only study on Conan Doyle’s interest in spiritualism, as well as numerous articles about the Victorian detective.

The Elm Hill Corpse is available as an ebook through Amazon.

NORWICH SLEUTH

NORWICH SLEUTH

Each part of Britain has its own fictional sleuth and Norwich is no exception to the rule. The past two years have seen the emergence of a new sleuth on the block, Inspector Ketch of the Norwich Police. Ketch is a pseudonym for DCI Huw Price, who earned the sobriquet from his colleagues after they found out that one of his ancestors was the Regency hangman Jack Ketch.

Ketch features in four volumes of crime stories written by local author and Conan Doyle aficionado Kelvin Jones. An old style copper now in his 50's, Ketch is a bit of a luddite in this digital world and also something of an alcoholic. He uses traditional methods and pure instinct to unravel his cases.

The Ketch stories (all published as ebooks in the Kindle series: Murder Most Easterly and The Norwich Murder Files) depict a changing social landscape and range in theme from domestic murders to drugs and slave trafficking. And, like all good crime tales, all of the Ketch stories utilise the East Anglian landscape to powerful and often dramatic effect.

Kelvin I. Jones has been a prolific writer for a quarter of a century. He is one of that breed who is equally at home writing poetry, plays and, above all, novels. He has published six books about Sherlock Holmes and the only study on Conan Doyle’s interest in spiritualism, as well as numerous articles about the Victorian detective. Ed Hoch, the renowned American crime writer, has said of his Sherlockian work: “Kelvin I Jones reveals a sensibility and knowledge of 19^th Century literature that extends far beyond the world of Sherlock Holmes.” He is also the author of many supernatural stories, among them Carter's Occult Casebook, about a psychic Edwardian detective. Of his gothic tales, Francis King, the novelist and critic, has written, “(Kelvin's work) piquantly suggest the work of a modern M.R. James.” Kelvin has written three books on folklore, including Occult Cornwall and has also now published the fourth in his John Bottrell series, in which his other fictional character, a retired ex Met detective, is set the challenge of uncovering the mystery surrounding the discovery of a corpse in fishing nets off Cromer, in the novel: A Cromer Corpse, also an ebook. He has also collaborated with his wife Debbie on a book for older children set in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral where evil happenings follow the accidental disinterment of a medieval magician.

CONAN DOYLE & THE SPIRITS

NEW ON AMZON'S KINDLE: Conan Doyle & The Spirits: The Spiritualist Career of  Conan Doyle

 

Arthur Conan Doyle is world famous as a writer and as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, but his life as a psychic investigator has often been neglected. This biography represents a wide cross-section of Conan Doyle's spiritualistic writings. It ranges from the case histories of mediums to transcripts of spirit messages received by the Doyle family. Starting with a look at Conan Doyle's Celtic roots, Kelvin Jones charts his growing interest in spiritualism from his Jesuit education as a boy to his rather sceptical introduction to the phenomena at the end of the nineteenth century. He goes on to illustrate how Conan Doyle's belief in spiritualism was deepened by the works of leading psychic researchers, such as F. W. H. Myers, and his joining of the Society for Psychical Research. The book examines many of his own experiments and research and discusses several of his spiritualist stories and articles. This study provides the reader with a wealth of information, biographical, chronological and bibliographical details, and is the first serious attempt to recognize Conan Doyle's talents as a psychic investigator, revealing him as a pioneer in the field of psychic studies.