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Gemini & Flowers #5
Unsporting Life
Bad things can happen to very nice people. Two elderly people are murdered in Dorchester, one with a boule and one with a cricket bat. Apart from the use of sports equipment, there seems no connection between the two victims. If the deaths are as random as they seem then Chief Inspector Muga and her team have a serial killer to catch before he or she strikes again.
Meanwhile, Tom Flowers and his partners set off to try and catch a gang of thieves who have been attacking race courses around the south of England. This puts the Ash twins in serious danger, James Stonely on the nasty end of a gun again and lands Lady Greta Hollander in a very sticky situation. And ends up with a very small criminal targeting the Ash family in search of revenge.
As Mike Ash tries to finish off his second trilogy and Neil and Dax negotiate a promotion, a much beloved local figure is killed, bringing Muga back to the village.
She desperately tries to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
In this, the fifth Gemini and Flowers mystery, normal family life goes on as the investigation proceeds. Mike and the twins decide about their future education; Reg Mole grapples with his turkeys, goose rustlers and the magnificent Mrs Fothergill again, while the success of the Happy Thatcher brings parking chaos to the village. And Ramjap Shastri’s future plans take a turn for the better.
All the familiar Rilton Castle characters return in this story of murder and mayhem, which shows that life can be very unsporting at times, especially in the English countryside.
Meanwhile, Tom Flowers and his partners set off to try and catch a gang of thieves who have been attacking race courses around the south of England. This puts the Ash twins in serious danger, James Stonely on the nasty end of a gun again and lands Lady Greta Hollander in a very sticky situation. And ends up with a very small criminal targeting the Ash family in search of revenge.
As Mike Ash tries to finish off his second trilogy and Neil and Dax negotiate a promotion, a much beloved local figure is killed, bringing Muga back to the village.
She desperately tries to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
In this, the fifth Gemini and Flowers mystery, normal family life goes on as the investigation proceeds. Mike and the twins decide about their future education; Reg Mole grapples with his turkeys, goose rustlers and the magnificent Mrs Fothergill again, while the success of the Happy Thatcher brings parking chaos to the village. And Ramjap Shastri’s future plans take a turn for the better.
All the familiar Rilton Castle characters return in this story of murder and mayhem, which shows that life can be very unsporting at times, especially in the English countryside.
- GenresMystery
397 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2015
8 people want to read
About the author
Jonathan Gregory
44 books7 followersJonathan Gregory is a British writer who had lived and worked in Sweden for the past twenty-six years. He started writing because he was having trouble finding books he wanted to read or was disappointed by the best sellers he purchased. He loves reading books from different genres but began to get bored with the formula approach that so many followed.
Having served his time sending off books to agents and collecting rejection slips, he kept on writing and refining his stories. He loves good stories that don't just follow a typical formula and he loves books that are easy to read; not simple but focusing on the story line and the characters rather than proving how clever the writer is using English! He loves how enthusiastic Kindle and Amazon are towards new writers; so different from the 'go away and die' approach of so many agents.
His first book, Nice People, is a classic gay novel based around the growing relationship between two men from very different backgrounds whose past experiences constantly affect their future together.
The second, Country Life, is a new take on the English country murder mystery where the main focus is the community, not just the crime. It is the first volume of the Gemini & Flowers mystery series.
The second book, Family Life, was published in February 2013.
The third book, In Real Life, came out in August 2013. It was a finalist in the Lambda Mystery Book prize for 2013.
The fourth book, After Life, came out in February 2014. It was nominated for the Lambda prize for that year.
The fifth, Unsporting Life, was published in January 2015. The series has a website, www.thegeminiandflowersmysteries.com
The series goes on with five more books, finishing with Time of Your Life.
He has also published a future history novel, The Stone Age, in the classic English science fiction tradition. He has also released a book of short stories, Accidental Murderer, published in August, 2015. Then he has written the Tall Timbers Trilogy, three gay stories about a man escaping from a life in the adult film industry.
He can be contacted via jonathangregorysweden@gmail.com
Jonathan does have a blog which looks at how Country Life developed and where the rest of the Gemini & Flowers series will go. He lives in Sweden.
Having served his time sending off books to agents and collecting rejection slips, he kept on writing and refining his stories. He loves good stories that don't just follow a typical formula and he loves books that are easy to read; not simple but focusing on the story line and the characters rather than proving how clever the writer is using English! He loves how enthusiastic Kindle and Amazon are towards new writers; so different from the 'go away and die' approach of so many agents.
His first book, Nice People, is a classic gay novel based around the growing relationship between two men from very different backgrounds whose past experiences constantly affect their future together.
The second, Country Life, is a new take on the English country murder mystery where the main focus is the community, not just the crime. It is the first volume of the Gemini & Flowers mystery series.
The second book, Family Life, was published in February 2013.
The third book, In Real Life, came out in August 2013. It was a finalist in the Lambda Mystery Book prize for 2013.
The fourth book, After Life, came out in February 2014. It was nominated for the Lambda prize for that year.
The fifth, Unsporting Life, was published in January 2015. The series has a website, www.thegeminiandflowersmysteries.com
The series goes on with five more books, finishing with Time of Your Life.
He has also published a future history novel, The Stone Age, in the classic English science fiction tradition. He has also released a book of short stories, Accidental Murderer, published in August, 2015. Then he has written the Tall Timbers Trilogy, three gay stories about a man escaping from a life in the adult film industry.
He can be contacted via jonathangregorysweden@gmail.com
Jonathan does have a blog which looks at how Country Life developed and where the rest of the Gemini & Flowers series will go. He lives in Sweden.
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