The
Versipellis Mysteries Book 3
An
horrific discovery leads to Caine and Thorne’s darkest
investigation yet.
England
Christmas
1900
Fifteen
years after a series of ritualistic murders drove the families of
Cove to send their children away to safety, the survivors are
returning to celebrate their first Christmas back on their island
home…but the killer has also returned, and they have unpleasant
plans for those who fled their reign of terror so many years
ago…
When
a murder is committed during the Yule archery shoot, Caine, Giselle,
Thorne, Aquilleia, and Veronique the Labrador find themselves thrown
into a terrifying Gothic mystery that involves sinister cultists,
family secrets, hidden passages, and the horrifying reappearance of
the abomination Filicidae: a malevolent being who kills for
pleasure.
Hope
is offered by one of their kind from Astraea, whose gift could be
used to defeat the creature once and for all.
But
unbeknownst to Caine and his friends, deep in the catacombs of Cove
Castle, there dwells a nightmare…
Find
out who, when, why, what, and how in this very Victorian murder
mystery; the third instalment in a new Gaslamp fantasy series that
drips with elements of Gothic mystery, historical urban fantasy, and
rather a lot of blood as we follow the exploits of immortal Victorian
detectives Elliott Caine and Abernathy Thorne in the latter stages of
the Victorian world.
"The
third book of the Versipellis mysteries is the darkest of the series
so far and the best in my opinion." - Hammerhead
"Garland
is a great storyteller in her genre of the Victorian whodunnit with a
supernatural twist" - Katylou 1966
"The
emerging details of the "other realm" shows the wonderful
imagination of this author. I certainly can't wait for the next book
in the series."
"Holmes
meets Highlander via Hammer House of Horror!
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Rhen
Garland is the author of The Versipellis mysteries - a series of
Gaslamp Fantasies set in the late Victorian, early Edwardian era that
follows the adventures of immortal detectives Elliott Caine and
Abernathy Thorne as they search through time for the reincarnations
of their murdered wives...and solve a few murders along the way.
I
live in Somerset, England, with my book illustrating, folk-singing
husband, approximately 5000 books, an equal number of ancient movies,
and a large collection of passive-aggressive Tomtes. My achievements
are more from the school of life, rather than that of College or
University. My early years choice of reading material was rather
suspect for my age. The first Agatha Christie I ever read was "By
the Pricking of my Thumbs" when I was nine years old; a child of
that age reading and enjoying a murder mystery about a child killer
explains a great deal about the type of novel I write today.
When
I was diagnosed with CFS at the age of thirty, I realised that I
could either go mad staring at four walls all day, or I could try to
apply what little parts of my brain still worked and have a bash at
writing a murder mystery set in the 1920's...things didn't quite turn
out the way I'd planned!
I
thought when I finally started writing that my books would be genteel
"cosy" type murder mysteries set in the Golden Era (I love
the 1920's and 30's for the style, music, and automobiles), with
someone being politely bumped off at the Vicar's tea party and the
corpse then apologising for disrupting proceedings. Instead, the late
Victorian era came thundering over the horizon armed with some
fantastical and macabre plotlines and a complete refusal to accept
the word "no"; it planted itself in my stories, my
characters, and my life, and would not budge.
I
watch far too many old-school murder mystery films, TV series, and
1980s action movies for it to be considered healthy. No one will play
movie quizzes with me anymore...further evidence of a misspent youth!
I
love the countryside, Prosecco, tea, the cocktail hour (the pinnacle
of the civilised world!), and the works of Dame Ngaio Marsh, Dame
Gladys Mitchell, John Dickson Carr/Carter Dickson, Dame Agatha
Christie, Sir Terry Pratchett, Simon R Green, and David and Leigh
Eddings.
My
books are Victorian in era, messy in their murders, creepy in their
otherness, and will make you double check the windows are all locked
before you go to bed. What's not to like about mysteries with a touch
of Grand Guignol?
Find
Rhen at the ChillerCon
UK - Horror comes to Scarborough! (chillercon-uk.com)
this week!
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