tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678819389117845562024-03-13T03:36:01.516-07:00CUNNING CRIMESCUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-40808137273170443282016-04-01T09:25:00.000-07:002016-04-01T09:25:56.700-07:00New on Amazon by Kelvin JonesNEW BOOKS ON AMAZON<br />
All paperbacks<br />
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Sherlock Holmes- The Plagues of London<br />
The Complete Inspector Ketch<br />
The Norwich Murders<br />
Twelve After Midnight<br />
The Janus<br />
Conan Doyle and The SpiritsCUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-52022039012230707932013-11-23T22:41:00.002-08:002013-11-23T22:41:29.676-08:00NEW INSPECTOR KETCH STORIES
TWO NEW STORIES ABOUT THE INTREPID INSPECTOR KETCH OF NORWICH POLICE<br />
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THE BURLESQUE CLUB<br />
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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.</div>
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A SEASON OF MELANCHOLY<br />
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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?</div>
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Both available on Kindle.</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-61464924782495115642013-07-26T22:52:00.003-07:002013-07-26T22:52:42.886-07:00CRIMINOLOGICAL HOLMES
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THE CRIMINOLOGICAL HOLMES - new ebook on Kindle.</div>
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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.</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-90761048192289041882013-07-26T22:49:00.001-07:002013-07-26T22:49:29.066-07:00NORWICH SLEUTH<div dir="ltr">
NORWICH SLEUTH<br />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.<br />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.</div>
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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.</div>
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<br />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.<br />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. </div>
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The Elm Hill Corpse is available as an ebook through Amazon.</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-86192656858208276762013-03-29T00:09:00.000-07:002013-03-29T00:09:04.175-07:00NORWICH SLEUTH
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NORWICH SLEUTH</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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<sup>th</sup>
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
<i>Occult Cornwall</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> and</span><i>
</i><span style="font-style: normal;">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. </span>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.<br />
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CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-40196469254411652512013-01-24T22:56:00.001-08:002013-01-24T22:56:33.796-08:00CONAN DOYLE & THE SPIRITS
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NEW ON AMZON'S KINDLE: Conan Doyle & The Spirits: The Spiritualist Career of Conan Doyle</div>
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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.</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-42971487294309998182012-11-07T10:42:00.003-08:002012-11-07T10:42:46.059-08:00ICENI CADAVERS
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NEW DCI KETCH MURDER MYSTERY ON KINDLE</div>
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By Kelvin Jones</div>
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It's January and Norwich's DCI Ketch is suffering
from a bad case of flu. So when his phone rings and he's told a body
has been found by archaeologists, excavating Norfolk's remote Iron
Age site of Ken Hill, he's none too pleased, especially as the body's
jawbone has 20<sup>th</sup> Century fillings. As the investigation
proceeds on this bleak Norfolk landscape, Ketch uncovers a terrifying
cold case story which he will never forget.</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-87909847495834369752012-10-08T03:15:00.002-07:002012-10-08T03:15:40.465-07:00NEW CRIME NOVELLA ON KINDLENEW CRIME NOVELLA ON KINDLE<br />
By the Author of Murder Most Easterly<br />
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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...</div>
CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-54304560891380272882012-07-15T10:20:00.000-07:002012-07-15T10:20:09.716-07:00NEW: MURDER MOST EASTERLY Volume 2: The Norwich Murders: SynopsisThe novel features a dogged Norwich detective, 'Ketch', so named after his ancestor, Jack Ketch the hangman. Ketch (real name John Price) is an alcoholic, nearing retirement in the force and the story is told largely from his viewpoint. It's winter and Ketch is recovering from a nasty dose of bronchitis. He's also got the DCC on his back.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">When parts of a woman's body start to turn up in various locations in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, DI Ketch of the Norwich police suspects the victim may have been a Latvian immigrant. Suspicion soon turns on the owners of a Russian restaurant in the town and after a short investigation, the owner's father is arrested for murder.</div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Several months later the body of another Latvian woman is found in a church in Norwich. Near it is a small wooden figure of the victim, contained in a miniature wooden coffin. It transpires that she was a sex worker who lived with her boyfriend in Kings Lynn. The body's discovery leads Ketch to suspect that this is the work of a serial killer, a suspicion soon confirmed by the profiler, Professor Bourne, who informs him that the crime is motivated by religious obsession. Kett finds a parallel with a similar murder in Scotland some years ago, which was never solved, although suspicion fell then on a known paedophile, Pieter Hess. He contacts the Dumfries police for detailed reports.</div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A few days later another female victim is found in the ruins of a chapel on nearby Ketts Hill, the body laid out in an identical fashion. Some minor forensic traces are also discovered....</div><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-29249161912457777862012-05-04T23:04:00.000-07:002012-05-04T23:04:48.340-07:00ELEVEN NEW BOOKS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> In re-reading the chronicles of Baker Street countless obscure phrases and words leap to the eye which demand explanation. What exactly was a dark lantern? What on earth was a dog grate, a cast padre, a ribston pippin? These problematical words require investigation in the authentic Sherlockian manner. This dictionary of the obscure words and phrases in the Sherlock Holmes stories provides a fascinating insight into a gas-lit world long forgotten. Essential reading for the Holmes enthusiast!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A SHERLOCK HOLMES DICTIONARY (Kindle) by Kelvin Jones is one of 11 new Holmes titles on Amazon's Kindle...Also: Check out the 9 volume edition of the Sherlock Holmes biography!</div><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-49556625799359180372012-03-23T00:00:00.002-07:002012-03-23T00:00:39.245-07:00SHERLOCK HOLMESCheck out Kindle by inputting: Kelvin Jones. Great new Sherlock Holmes titles for your e readers!CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-59129736122873595652011-12-20T23:16:00.000-08:002011-12-20T23:16:01.153-08:00NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES EBOOKS ON KINDLEAnnouncing the ebook versions of 2 Sherlock Holmes<br />
reference works:<br />
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THE SHERLOCK HOLMES MURDER FILE. Indispensable guide to murder in the Sherlock Holmes stories<br />
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SHERLOCK HOLMES SMOKING COMPANION <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">What were the reasons for Sherlock Holmes heavy addiction to tobacco? What is meant by a Trichonopoly and a Lunkah? Why did Holmes keep his cigars in the coal scuttle and his tobacco in a Persian slipper? These and other perplexing questions form the basis for this detailed study of tobacco and its uses in the Sherlock Holmes saga. As fans know, Holmes was an expert on the subject and author of a monograph on tobacco. This study by Holmes expert and crime writer Kelvin Jones, follows Holmes own deductive methods, and includes an appendix with one hundred and thirty two extracts from the 60 Holmes stories, all dealing with tobacco. For smokers and Holmes aficionados, this volume is a must! </div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-90330826324117588612011-11-04T10:25:00.000-07:002011-11-04T10:25:38.880-07:00NEW CHILDRENS; THRILLERNEW ON KINDLE: ODIN'S EYE by Kelvin Jones<br />
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Ben and Maggie find a burial chamber on a Norfolk beach and inside it a Viking sword with a runic inscription. Unbeknown to them, the dead Viking has heirs who knows them only too well...Aided by the gift of a crucifix from a mysterious smith, Ben finds himself stalked by deadly adversaries both living and dead...Viking myth meets modern day menace in a chilling climax full of mystery and horror...CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-18371974828141234912011-10-07T23:11:00.001-07:002011-10-07T23:11:56.064-07:00NEW BOOK OF SHORT STORIES<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">NEW SHORT STORY COLLECTION TO BE PUBLISHED</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A new anthology of short stories by new Norfok writers has been published by Oakmagic Publications, an independent north Norfolk publisher.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The short story form has been largely overlooked in the twenty first century. Its golden age coincided with that of the railway when a short story in a magazine could be devoured during a short railway journey.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">It is therefore good to read short stories for, unlike the novel, they rely on economy of style and execution to achieve their effects. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This new collection originates from a series of creative writing classes which the editor, crime novelist Kelvin Jones, ran in Swaffham and Aylsham. The previous anthology, “The Meeting House” appeared in 2008. “This new collection of 13 tales is slightly different from the first collection (“The Meeting House”) in that all of the stories here have some link with East Anglia and many of them are mystery stories, although they are not necessarily limited to a specific genre,” says Kelvin. “However, they all share a common objective. They provide an often alarming insight into the human condition and they cover a whole range of human emotions.” Mr Jones was previously a Creative Writing tutor for the UEA.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">NORFOLK TALES appears on 4th October and is available through Amazon, the Ceres Bookshop in Swaffham or direct from the publishers at <a href="http://www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk</span></a>, priced £7.99. Details are also available from OAKMAGIC'S Facebook page. A book launch will take place at the Ceres bookshop on 22<sup>nd</sup> November from 7pm onwards. Contact: <a href="mailto:enquiries@oakmagicpublications.co.uk"><span style="color: #0068cf;">enquiries@oakmagicpublications.co.uk</span></a> for details. </div></div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-72227369493196290392011-09-15T08:32:00.001-07:002011-09-15T08:32:35.500-07:00NEW NORFOLK SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">NEW SHORT STORY COLLECTION TO BE PUBLISHED</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A new anthology of short stories by new Norfok writers is to be published by Oakmagic Publications, an independent north Norfolk publisher.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The short story form has been largely overlooked in the twenty first century. Its golden age coincided with that of the railway when a short story in a magazine could be devoured during a short railway journey.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">It is therefore good to read short stories for, unlike the novel, they rely on economy of style and execution to achieve their effects. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This new collection originates from a series of creative writing classes which the editor, crime novelist Kelvin Jones, ran in Swaffham and Aylsham. The previous anthology, “The Meeting House” appeared in 2008. “This new collection of 13 tales is slightly different from the first collection (“The Meeting House”) in that all of the stories here have some link with East Anglia and many of them are mystery stories, although they are not necessarily limited to a specific genre,” says Kelvin. “However, they all share a common objective. They provide an often alarming insight into the human condition and they cover a whole range of human emotions.” Mr Jones was previously a Creative Writing tutor for the UEA.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">NORFOLK TALES appears on 30<sup>th</sup> September and is available through Amazon, the Ceres Bookshop in Swaffham or direct from the publishers at <a href="http://www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk</span></a>, priced £7.99. Details are also available from OAKMAGIC'S Facebook page. A book launch will take place at the Ceres bookshop on 22<sup>nd</sup> November from 7pm onwards. Contact: <a href="mailto:enquiries@oakmagicpublications.co.uk"><span style="color: #0068cf;">enquiries@oakmagicpublications.co.uk</span></a> for details.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-56275162867282781732011-08-25T22:57:00.000-07:002011-08-25T22:57:05.888-07:00NEW SHORT STORY COLLECTION OUT SEPT 30<br />
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</div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A collection of enthralling Norfolk tales by thirteen new Norfolk writers, edited by crime writer Kelvin I. Jones, will be published by OAKMAGIC PUBLICATIONS. Many of the tales here are mystery stories, although they are not necessarily limited to a specific genre. However, they all share a commonobjective. They provide us with an often alarming and disturbing insight into the human condition. </div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Kelvin I Jones is an authority on Cornish witchcraft. He is the author of six books about Sherlock Holmes and a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His work has been compared by both Francis King, the critic and novelist and Ramsey Campbell, the British fantasy and horror writer, to the work of the English ghost story writer, M.R. James. The book will be available on Amazon from 30 Sept. 2011 or direct from <a href="http://www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk/">http://www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk/</a>.</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">ISBN: 978 1904330 73 8 </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">PRICE: £7.99</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-53267141889394873252011-08-11T10:55:00.000-07:002011-08-11T10:55:26.526-07:00THE AUTHOR, Kelvin I Jones<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Kelvin I. Jones has been a prolific writer for a quarter of a century. Born in Kent in 1948, he is one of that rare 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 (see R De Waal's <i>Universal</i> <i>Sherlock Holmes</i>, online edition, 2000). Ed Hoch, the renowned American crime writer, has said of his Sherlockian work: “Kelvin I Jones reveals a sensibility and knowledge of 19<sup>th</sup> Century literature that extends far beyond the world of Sherlock Holmes.” (Introduction to <i>Sherlock and Porlock</i>, Magico, 1984). 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.” (Introduction to <i>Twenty Stories</i>.) His work is also cited in Ramsey Campbell's <i>Meddling With</i> <i>Ghosts</i> (2002) where he is described as one of the 'James gang.'<br />
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Kelvin has written three books on folklore, including <i>Occult Cornwall</i>, as well as two fiction books for children – <i>Odin’s Eye</i> and <i>The Dark Entry</i> (the latter co-authored with wife Debbie). He is the proprietor of Oakmagic Publications, a British folklore publisher (www.oakmagicpublications.co.uk).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">He has also published four occult crime novels featuring a melancholic, ex-Met detective, John Bottrell.<br />
(see below).<br />
In addition to novels, he wrote <i>The Field</i>, a play for BBC Radio in 1995, and has had plays performed at The Barbican Theatre Plymouth and The Birmingham Arts Centre, as well as his own one man show<i> Mr Bottrell’s Amazing Tales </i>at the Acorn Theatre Penzance. His poetry includes the moving <i>Omega</i>, (reprited 2011), which is a collection of poems about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. Of his poetry, Bruce Kent, the peace activist, has written, “Kelvin has the gift of the extra eye. He can tell us what we need to see and never forget.” (Introduction to <i>Omega</i>).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Horror/Supernatura</b>l:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Numerous anthologised short supernatural stories: (William Kimber & other publishers) 1986 – 1989 and in “Twenty Stories”, Secker & Warburg 1989, ed. Francis King.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Carter's Occult Casebook,”tales of an Edwardian psychic investigator, Oakmagic Pubns, 2008</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Biography: </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Conan Doyle & The Spirits”: The Spiritualist Career of Arthur Conan Doyle (Thorsons),1989</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Crime:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Sherlock Holmes Murder File” (Magico, NY) 1987</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Making of Sherlock Holmes” (Magico, NY) 1986</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Sherlock & Porlock: The Literary Antecedents of Sherlock Holmes” (Magico) 1986</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“A Sherlock Holmes Dictionary” (Magico) 1987</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Sherlock Holmes & The Kent Railways – Mereseborough Books, 1987</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Stone Dead” – crime novel featuring Cornish detective John Bottrell (Hale, 2006)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Phantom Hound” – critical essays on Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles. (Oakmagic 2006).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Flowers Of Evil” – 2<sup>nd</sup> John Bottrell crime novel, set in Bristol – Pegasus, Spring 2008. Kindle 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Witch Jar” – 3<sup>rd</sup> Bottrell crime novel, set in Cornwall, Pegasus, 2008. Kindle 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Twelve After Midnight. Horror stories. Kindle 2011.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Janus. Crime/Horror novel, Kindle 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“A Cromer Corpse” 4<sup>th</sup> Bottrell novel - ebook, <span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.contact-pubishing.com/">http://www.contact-pubishing.com/</a></u></span></span>, 2010.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Meeting House” – (edited by Kelvin I. Jones), an anthology of Norfolk short stories. Oakmagic Pubns., 2006</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Folklore:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“An Joan The Crone: The History & Craft of The Cornish Witch” (Oakmagic Books, 1999)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Wise Woman: Her Lives, Spells, Divinatory Practices etc.” (Oakmagic Books, 2004)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Occult Cornwall – Oakmagic Pubns, 2001</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Field” – 30 min. radio play for BBC, 1995</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Omega: Poems about the survivors of the nuclear holocaust, Weavers Press, 1989. Reprinted 2011.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Lyonesse”. 1995.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Charlie” – The Barbican, Plymouth, 1994</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“The Great Beast” – Birmingham Arts Centre, 1971</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Mr Bottrell’s Amazing Tales” – One Man Show, Acorn Theatre Penzance 1999</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-55706536912641855182011-08-10T10:53:00.001-07:002011-08-10T10:53:46.963-07:00NEW KINDLE CRIME THRILLER: FLOWERS OF EVIL...<br />
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><b>SYNOPSIS: The Flowers Of Evil.</b></u></span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It is the long hot summer of 1976.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Young D.C. John Bottrell arrives in Bristol to begin work on the Somerset and Avon's Special Investigations Unit under the watchful eye of his former colleague, DCI Ian Glenister. Bottrell is soon </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">introduced to the unit's first case. The remains of a woman have been found in a disused ice </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">house in the garden of a Redland mansion, the only clue to her identity being the expensive </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">French mackintosh which she was wearing.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bottrell, a young detective with a passion for criminology who also possesses psychic abilities, </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">has inherited his mother's flat in the city. On arriving, he soon makes the acquaintance of two </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">women: Anne- Marie Fleur, a French teacher at the university and a local language school who </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is now Bottrell's new neighbour. The other is Dr Frances Leadbetter, a psychological profiler </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with whom Bottrell soon establishes a romantic bond.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The following day, Glenister and his team attend the murder scene of two West Indians whose </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">bodies have been discovered behind a wall in a derelict house in the Bedminster district but the </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">team are interrupted by a summons to Brandon Hill where the body of a young woman has </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">been found, dumped in a garden refuse compound. Glenister suspects that this murder may </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">share features with that of the cold case murder, a suspicion which is confirmed when a </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">second victim is found dead on the Bristol Downs.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Further investigation reveals that the murdered girl was a French student who had been attending </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">an English language school not far from Bottrell's residence. Meanwhile, both Bottrell and </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anne- Marie independently experience disturbing dreams and psychic phenomena. They </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">discuss their findings and when Bottrell investigates the history of the area he discovers that </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the underlying cause may well be a gruesome murder which occurred in the house in Victorian </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">times.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Suspicion for the student murder now centres upon Norman Stanton, an EFL teacher at the </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">language school who has made advances to one of the young women there and who, it now </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">transpires, has been accused of being a collector of pornography. Under duress at the </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">hands of Glenister's tough interviewing technique, Stanton makes a confession. Bottrell is deeply </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">disturbed at this outcome and, believing him to be innocent, persuades Glenister to free him, although under surveillance.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The following day another girl dies as the victim of a frenzied knife attack and Stanton is suspected of her murder. However, he is subsequently found to have committed suicide.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Meanwhile, investigations in France reveal that Isabelle, the French cold case victim, was previously married to a Frenchman called Henri Fleur and when Bottrell’s colleague, Thomas, travels to Normandy to interview him, he finds that she had an affair with a Bristol painter called Jack Slade. Suspecting Slade may provide a clue to her murder, he returns to England to interview him. </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In a final dramatic twist, Bottrell realises the true identity of the serial killer.</span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A crime novel, comprising a fast- paced narrative, "Flowers of Evil" features the </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cornish detective, John Bottrell. </span></span></div><div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-38587423885557595442011-08-05T23:19:00.000-07:002011-08-05T23:19:56.130-07:00NEW KINDLE THRILLER!!NEW CRIME NOVEL now on KINDLE!!: <br />
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Following the death of his wife, John Bottrell, ex met detective, was ready for a quiet retirement in Cornwall when he moved into derelict Yew Tree Cottage. Little did he know what secrets of the occult world would be uncovered from the legacy left to him.<br />
He wa determined to find out what was going on in Hob's Wood and unravell the psychic disturbances and tales of witchcraft plaguing the village. But when four locals died in very suspicious circumstances, it brought him into contact with colleagues from his past and helped him finally lay to rest the ghost of Mother Lakeland. A fast paced, occult thriller from the author of STONE DEAD (Kindle)<br />
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Also in the same series: FLOWERS OF EVIL...now out!CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-45402271410705064012011-07-30T23:29:00.000-07:002011-07-30T23:29:35.016-07:00NEW KINDLE OCCULT THRILLER!!<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Coming up on Kindle as from 2nd August 2011! A brand new psychological thriller! </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">THE JANUS concerns the discovery of a Celtic figure in a Romano-British hill fort in Kent. The artefact soon has a terrifying effect on whoever it comes into contact with since it is the stone talisman of a Celtic warrior whose speciality was once the severing of his opponents' heads in battle. The Janus also has the power to project terrifying dreams into the minds of the living and to so possess and prey upon them that they are driven to acts of mutilation and murder. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The JANUS deals with the fate of a newcomer to Old Bury Hill Village, whose misfortune is to unearth the Janus head whilst walking his dog on the hill fort. He takes it back to his house and is soon so possessed by the spirit of the Janus that he ritually murders his wife, severing and burying her head as an act of homage to the ancient talisman. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Armitage is then arrested and interrogated by Detective Inspector Williams and D.C. Mathews. At first they fail to be convinced by Armitage's story. The spirit of the Janus returns and Armitage's body is discovered in a police cell. It is believed that Armitage has committed suicide. Although Mathews remains sceptical, Williams becomes convinced by the truth of Armitage's motives for his wife's murder. He takes the Janus to the county museum where it is examined by the curator, a young woman called Marion Vincent, to whom Williams becomes instantly attracted and with whom he forms a passionate relationship. Both partners now become the recipients of horrendous and protracted nightmares in which are enacted Celtic rituals of bloody sacrifice....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-48618482549623023822011-07-27T22:39:00.000-07:002011-07-27T22:39:26.845-07:00THE DARK ENTRY EXTRACT FROM THE CHILDRENS' THRILLER, THE DARK ENTRY by Debie & Kelvin Jones, now on KINDLE<br />
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</div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The frozen stillness was broken by a low, sustained rumble as if the very earth was groaning and heaving in protest. Like an angry beast, it began slowly, then, gathering speed, began to rock the foundations of the surrounding buildings. From the epicentre, it roared out beyond the Cathedral Close, out to the River, beyond into the city.</span></div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At the Ferry, the water began to ripple and churn, rocking the barges and boats, scattering the swans in a macabre flight of fear. A boy, fishing by the river, leapt to his feet in alarm, his stool rocking, his rod dislodged by the deep tremor. Further along the river, behind the magistrate’s court, a hunched youth who had been sitting quietly on a bench, sprang to his feet in sudden fear as the trees shook and quivered around him, and the earth moved.</span></div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The tremor hit the cathedral like a great train, bursting through, rattling windows, shaking joists, scattering hymn books and papers wildly. Terrified choristers gasped in fear and clung to each other as the ancient stones shook to their foundations. Candles guttered and toppled from their sconces and the nave was plunged into stygian gloom as the lights failed.</span></div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A party of sixth formers, some lounging on the grass, others cavorting around the labyrinth, fell silent as the tremor hit them and the sky above darkened. Some shrieked, others ran into the cloisters towards the Dark Entry but one girl stood silent at the edge of the grass, sensing the deep reverberations from beneath her.</span></div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She clasped her forehead, feeling a sharp, searing pain, then fell backwards in a faint, lying awkwardly on the grass, her ashen face framed by deep red curls. </span></div><div align="justify" style="line-height: 0.35cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-40281114031592263382011-07-25T22:55:00.000-07:002011-07-25T22:55:34.998-07:00TWELVE AFTER MIDNIGHTTWELVE AFTER MIDNIGHT is a collection of twelve stories of horror and the supernatural by crime and fantasy writer Kelvin I Jones, author of CARTER'S OCCULT CASEBOOK. These contemporary tales range widely in theme and treatment but throughout there is a fascination with folklore and myth. Several of these stories have appeared in previous anthologies both in the UK and America. Essential winter fireside reading for the Kindle reader! Available as a Kindle edition from 28th July 2011.CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-26990868551456175982011-07-23T23:23:00.000-07:002011-07-23T23:23:20.798-07:00NEW EDWARDIAN OCCULT CRIME THRILLER ON KINDLE<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">CARTER’S OCCULT CASEBOOK</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Ebook on Kindle by Kelvin I. Jones</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This collection of occult short stories features Edwardian psychic and sleuth, Dr John Carter and his amenuensis and chronicler Rigden.. The stories, written in the tradition of the English ghost and horror tradition, cover a wide range of folkloric and mythic themes, and the forensic and Holmesian abilities of the sleuth are exploited to surprising and often horrifying effects. These novella type tales evoke a gaslit world of murder and mayhem where terror stalks the streets of Edwardian London but where the countryside also threatens to overwhelm our sanity.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Kelvin I Jones is the author of four contemporary crime novels featuring the Cornish detective John Bottrell and is an authority on the life and works of Conan Doyle, being the author of Conan Doyle And The Spirits. His atmospheric and chilling supernatural tales have been compared to the work of the legendary gothic writer Montague Rhodes James by both the award winning Francis King and renowned English horror writer Ramsey Campbell. He is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and has written no less than six books about Sherlock Holmes.</div>CUNNING CRIMEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11716473304197307232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967881938911784556.post-31170771372985066832011-07-23T09:38:00.001-07:002011-07-23T09:38:32.103-07:00CUNNING CRIME BOOKS<div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">CUNNING CRIME BOOKS is a new publishing imprint on Kindle, offering a variety of occult thrillers from the prolific pen of crime writer Kelvin I. Jones. In STONE DEAD, ex-Met detective John Bottrell travels to Cornwall to escape the memory of his wife's tragic death but he little realizes that he will soon be embroiled in a web of murder, witchcraft and the occult. When the naked body of a young woman is found on a footpath suspicion falls on her boyfriend. However, after Bottrell has applied his analytical skills to the activities of the local pagan community he is forced to revise his opinion.</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A dark tale of intrigue and obsession from the wilds of west Cornwall.</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Kelvin I Jones is an authority on Cornish witchcraft. He is the author of six books about Sherlock Holmes and a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.His work has been compared by both Francis King, the critic and novelist and Ramsey Campbell, the British fantasy and horror writer, to the wrk of the English ghost story writer, M.R. James.</div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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