My Coffee Pot Guest: Ellen Read The Feathered Nest

 (The Thornton Mysteries, Book 4)

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A spotlight on: The Feathered Nest - The Thornton Mysteries, Book 4

by Ellen Read

Publication Date: 14th March 2022   Publisher: Crimson Cloak Publishing

Page Length: 372 Pages  Genre: Historical Fiction / Cosy Murder Mystery 

About the Book

Murder comes to Norfolk Island, but is the killer after Alexandra Archer’s Tahitian black pearl or a lost illustration of the rare Green Parrot?

The Thorntons, along with a small team of people, mount an expedition to Norfolk Island, a small island in the South Pacific, to study the Green Parrot and set up research programmes to help protect it and other endangered birds.

As a birthday surprise, Alexandra’s father tells her she is to be the official photographer for the expedition. Her father gives her a black pearl brooch that Alexandra’s great-grandfather had bought off a merchant in Hong Kong in the 1850s. The pearls are Tahitian black pearls.

Before they depart Melbourne, they learn that Norfolk Island has had its first murder. It sends ripples of unease through Alexandra. She hoped she could escape murder on this small island paradise.

Alexandra is astonished to learn that the main inhabitants of Norfolk Island are descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives. Once on the island, she wonders if this is why her Tahitian black pearl brooch causes such interest.

A chain of events is set in motion, commencing with a threat on the life of one of their expedition members, followed by intrigue surrounding bird smuggling and a lost illustration of the Green Parrot. Then two of their team are murdered.

 Alexandra is determined to find the answers and nearly loses her life in the process.

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Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09T3T1CJQ

About the Author

Ellen Read is the author of The Dragon Sleeps, The Inca’s Curse and The Amber Trap—historical murder mystery romance novels Ellen was born in Queensland, Australia. She loves to read fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. She particularly loves history and stories of ancient myths and legends. Authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Victoria Holt, the latter of whom wrote gothic mystery/romances, have influenced her own work.

Other interests include photography, painting, music and musical theatre, and dance. Ellen was a ballroom dancing teacher for many years and has also worked in Performing Arts administration. 

Social Media Links:

Website: ellenread.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellenreadauthor

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Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Ellen-Read/e/B014LUWPNO

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14250944.Ellen_Read

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Tour Schedule Page: https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-tour-feathered-nest-thornton.html

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My Coffee Pot Guest - Glen Craney and Virgin of the Wind Rose

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About the Book

Book Title: The Virgin of the Wind Rose: A Conspiracy Thriller

Author: Glen Craney

Page Length: 407 Pages

Genre: Historical Mystery-Thriller

A Templar cryptogram has confounded scholars for centuries.

Is it a ticking cipher bomb just hours away from detonating a global war?

Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was never much good at puzzles. But now, assigned to investigate a ritual murder of an American in Ethiopia, she and a shady stolen-art hunter must solve the world's oldest palindrome—the infamous SATOR Square—to thwart a religious conspiracy that reaches back to the Age of Discovery and an arcane monastic order of Portuguese sea explorers.

Separated by half a millennium, two espionage plots dovetail in this breakneck thriller, driven by history's most elusive mystery...

... the shocking secret that Christopher Columbus took to the grave.

Praise:

"If you love Steve Berry, Dan Brown or Umberto Eco, you may have a new author favorite in Glen Craney." -- BESTTHRILLERS.COM

"An exciting journey across time, with more twists and turns than a strawberry Twizzler." -- QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE

Buy Links:

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G8OULSS

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G8OULSS

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00G8OULSS

Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00G8OULSS

Barnes and Noble: 

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-virgin-of-the-wind-rose-glen-craney/1123618132

Waterstones: 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-virgin-of-the-wind-rose/glen-craney/9780981648422

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-virgin-of-the-wind-rose

Apple Books: 

https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1012780966

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Glen_Craney_The_Virgin_of_the_Wind_Rose?id=CZ4sEAAAQBAJ&hl=en_US&gl=US

About the Author

A graduate of Indiana University School of Law and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Glen Craney practiced trial law before joining the Washington, D.C. press corps to write about national politics and the Iran-contra trial for Congressional Quarterly magazine. In 1996, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences awarded him the Nicholl Fellow-ship prize for best new screenwriting. His debut historical novel, The Fire and the Light, was named Best New Fiction by the National Indie Excellence Awards. He is a three-time Final-ist/Honorable Mention winner of Foreword Magazine’s Book-of-the-Year, a Chaucer Award winner, and a Military Writers Society of America Gold Medalist. 

His books have taken read-ers to Occitania during the Albigensian Crusade, the Scotland of Robert Bruce, Portugal dur-ing the Age of Discovery, the trenches of France during World War I, the battlefields of the American Civil War, and the American Hoovervilles of the Great Depression. He has served as president of the Southern California Chapter of the Historical Novel Society.

Website: www.glencraney.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/glencraney

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BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/glen-craney

Amazon Author Page: 

https://www.amazon.com/Glen-Craney/e/B002C1VQZ8

Goodreads: 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1516207.Glen_Craney

 

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episode 1:

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set in a north London Library
in the 1970s

episode 2:

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My Coffee Pot Guest Today: Elizabeth R. Andersen - The Two Daggers Series

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"Henri stood as tall as Rogier, green-eyed, and brown-skinned, and seventeen years old.  The other young nobles of Acre chafed that Henri had riches, status, and the favor of every woman who crossed his path, and the city leadership rolled their eyes at his aloof attitude towards his civic duties as a member of the noble class.  Aware of his good looks, he frequently wore a mocking smile that enraged every older man in his presence with its implied insolence.  He was the kind of youth that filled men with the desire to hit him in the face, even if he committed no crime."

 ~ The Scribe

We have all met someone like Henri of Maron, the main point of view character in The Two Daggers series.  Proud, arrogant, and indulged with everything he's ever wanted, he has wealth, good looks, and high social status.  Why would anyone want to read a book about someone this obnoxious?  I certainly would not…unless I suspected that he would learn to find his humanity as the series progressed, and not the easy way, either.

The Two Daggers series is about personal journeys.  The four primary characters live their lives on the pages, and we follow them as they experience loss, achievements, change of heart, and revenge.  And all of this happens before the trials of war even begin.  But let me back up a bit.

Book one in the series is about the months leading up to the demise of the city of Acre in the 13^th century, which is located in present-day Israel.  A quick internet search will reveal the gruesome details.  The city was besieged and then utterly devastated by the Islamic Mamluk army, who were trying to eliminate the threat of the Crusaders joining forces with the Mongol troops in the north.  The sultan leading the attack did not want to give the Christians a way to regain a foothold in the Levant, so he had his soldiers fill the harbor at Acre with debris and pull down as many buildings as possible.  The siege marked the end of the Christian crusades in the Levant and the beginning of some deep soul searching in the West.

When the city fell, thousands were left homeless.  The wealthiest citizens were able to get out early on ships, but the poor were heartlessly abandoned to face the attacking army.  Most who escaped sailed to the nearby island of Cyprus, and from there, some continued to their ancestral homes in Frankish territories, Francia, the Italian peninsula, or beyond.  Others were less fortunate and remained in Cyprus, living in the streets, their eyes always turned toward the east, where their city smoldered for weeks.  The Cypriot village of Famagusta swelled after Acre fell, transforming into a metropolis in order to accommodate the crowds of refugees.  In the middle of all this, I've placed three teenagers and one Mamluk amir.

Everything about the four main characters seems completely unrelated, but they are all tied together by their common search for themselves as they come of age in a socially complicated time in the Middle East.  We journey with Emre as he is kidnapped, enslaved, runs away, and becomes enslaved again.  We are with Henri of Maron as he makes disastrous decisions that have severe consequences for himself and his family.  We watch with apprehension as Sidika learns to find her courage in a society that will not allow her to use her immense talents.  And we follow Yusuf as he walks alongside his leaders, following orders unquestioningly until the actions of those around him cause him to question his beliefs and his friendships.

The Scribe ends on a steep cliffhanger but picks up immediately where it left off in book two, The Land of God, which details the actual Siege of Acre and the moment when this place, spiritually significant for the three Abrahamic religions, consolidates.  The series is planned for five books, during which time the characters attempt to put their lives together after the end of the crusades.  Journeying by sea and on land, by horse and camel, on foot and sometimes against their will, their paths all crisscross together, and they leave their marks (and scars) on each other.  If you choose to follow Henri, Emre, Sidika, and Yusuf on this adventure through Medieval Palestine, buckle up; it is an emotional, often gritty journey, but well worth the trip to see how people lived their lives before the Renaissance.  

The Scribe

(The Two Daggers, Book 1)

By Elizabeth R. Andersen

All Henri of Maron wanted was to stay with his family on his country estate, surrounded by lemon groves and safety. But in 13th century Palestine, when noble-born boys are raised to fight for the Holy Land, young Henri will be sent to live and train among men who hate him for what he is: a French nobleman of an Arab mother. Robbed of his humanity and steeped in cruelty, his encounters with a slave soldier, a former pickpocket, and a kindly scribe will force Henri to confront his own beliefs and behaviors. Will Henri maintain the status quo in order to fit into a society that doesn’t want him, or will fate intervene first?

The first book in The Two Daggers series, The Scribe takes readers on a sweeping adventure through the years and months that lead up to the infamous Siege of Acre in 1291 CE and delves into the psyches of three young people caught up in the wave of history.

The Land of God

(The Two Daggers, Book 2)

By Elizabeth R. Andersen

Pain. His sister’s screams. And a beautiful face in the jeering crowd. When Henri of Maron woke, he had only a few memories of his brutal flogging, but he knew the world had changed. He had changed.

Now, as he grapples with the fallout from his disastrous decisions, war with the Mamluk army looms closer. To convince the city leaders to take the threat seriously, Henri and the grand master of the Templars must rely on unlikely allies and bold risks to avoid a siege.

Meanwhile, Sidika is trying to find a way to put her life back together. When she is forced to flee her home, her chance encounters with a handsome amir and a strangely familiar old woman will have consequences for her future.

The Land of God weaves the real historical figures with rich, complex characters and an edge-of-seat plot. Readers who enjoyed the Brethren series by Robyn Young and The Physician by Noah Gordon will appreciate this immersive tale set in the Middle East in the Middle Ages.

Trigger warnings:

Torture, violence, sexual assault, sexual content.

"The Two Daggers" series is available at Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.  

For more information, visit www.elizabethrandersen.com

(The Scribe, Book 1)

Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/3RJE5L

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B099R5NMZV 

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099R5NMZV 

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B099R5NMZV 

Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B099R5NMZV 

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-scribe-16

(The Land of God, Book 2)

Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/bMwLnA

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JN4YY72

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JN4YY72

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09JN4YY72

Amazon AU: 

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09JN4YY72

About the Author

Elizabeth R. Andersen's debut novel, The Scribe, launched in July of 2021. Although she spent many years of her life as a journalist, independent fashion designer, and overworked tech employee, there have always been two consistent loves in her life: writing and history. She finally decided to do something about this and put them both together. 

Elizabeth lives in the Seattle area with her long-suffering husband and young son. On the weekends she usually hikes in the stunning Cascade mountains to hide from people and dream up new plotlines and characters. Elizabeth is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Social Media Links:

Website: https://www.elizabethrandersen.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_R_A_writes

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ERAndersenBooks 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethrandersen/ 

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/elizabethrandersen 

BookBub: 

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/elizabeth-r-andersen 

Amazon Author Page: 

https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B099RJ66RM 

Goodreads: 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58586385-the-scribe

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Hashtags: #HistoricalFiction #MedievalFiction #TheScribeBook #TheLandofGod #CoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour

Tour Schedule Page: 

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Website: https://helenhollick.net/

Amazon Author Page: https://viewauthor.at/HelenHollick 

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set in the 1970s

from Amazon :
https://getbook.at/MirrorMurder

http://mybook.to/AMysteryOfMurder

~~ ~ ~ ~ 

The SEA WITCH VOYAGES

nautical adventures set during the Golden Age of Piracy

from Amazon :

If you liked Pirates Of The Caribbean?
then you'll love the Sea Witch Voyages!

A prequel novella - how Jesamiah Acorne became a pirate 

new edition with new additional scenes

and now in paperback and e-book

https://viewbook.at/WhenMermaidSings

My Coffee Pot Guest: M J Porter - The Last King

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR

The Last King

(The Ninth Century, Book 1)

By M J Porter

From author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.

They sent three hundred warriors to kill one man. It wasn’t enough.

Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters.

Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, hears whispers that Mercia has been betrayed from his home in the west. He fears no man, especially not the Vikings sent to hunt him down.

To discover the truth of the rumours he hears, Coelwulf must travel to the heart of Mercia, and what he finds there will determine the fate of Mercia, as well as his own.

 Book Title: The Last King

Series: (The Ninth Century, Book 1)

Author: M J Porter

Publication Date: 23rd April 2020

Publisher: M J Publishing

Page Length: 338 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction/Historical Thrillers

This novel is available on #KindleUnlimited.

Amazon UK: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B085QN74WW

Amazon US: 

https://www.amazon.com/Last-King-England-Viking-Century-ebook/dp/B085QN74WW

Amazon CA: 

https://www.amazon.ca/Last-King-England-Viking-Century-ebook/dp/B085QN74WW

Amazon AU: 

https://www.amazon.com.au/Last-King-England-Viking-Century-ebook/dp/B085QN74WW

Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-the-last-king/m-j-porter/9781914332661

Audio: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Last-King-England-Audiobook/B093XCYSTH?qid=1642245491&sr=1-4

Coelwulf's Company (prequel short story collection): 

mybook.to/CoelwulfsCompany

The Last King (Book 1): mybook.to/TheLastKing

The Last Warrior (Book 2): mybook.to/TheLastWarrior

The Last Horse (Book 3): mybook.to/TheLastHorse

The Last Enemy (Book 4): mybook.to/LastEnemy

The Last Sword (Book 5):  mybook.to/TheLastSword

The Last Shield (Book 6): mybook.to/TheLastShield

Amazon Series Link: mybook.to/NinthCentury

 Trigger Warnings:

Excessive foul language, gruesome injury and battle detail

MJ Porter is the author of many historical novels set predominantly in Seventh to Eleventh-Century England, and in Viking Age Denmark. Raised in the shadow of a building that was believed to house the bones of long-dead Kings of Mercia, meant that the author's writing destiny was set. MJ Porter has also written two twentieth-century mysteries.

Social Media Links:

Website: www.mjporterauthor.com

Blog: www.mjporterauthor.blog

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coloursofunison

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/MJ-Porter/e/B006N8K6X4

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7163404.M_J_Porter

 

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Tour Schedule Page: https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2022/01/blog-tour-last-king-ninth-century-book.html

 

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note: Helen has not yet read this title - it is on her TBR list though!

*** *** 

You might also like 

books written by Helen Hollick 

Website: https://helenhollick.net/

Amazon Author Page: https://viewauthor.at/HelenHollick 

 

The Jan Christopher Cosy Mysteries

set in the 1970s

from Amazon :
https://getbook.at/MirrorMurder

http://mybook.to/AMysteryOfMurder

THE SAXON SERIES

the events that led to 1066

the Battle of Hastings

1066 - the events that led to the
Battle of Hastings
Harold the King (UK edition)
I Am The Chosen King (US/Canada edition)
1066 Turned Upside Down -
an anthology of alternative stories
from Amazon :

Plus many more...

fiction, non-fiction

www.helenhollick.net

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