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Gemini & Flowers #8
High Life
We are back in Rilton Castle for the eighth story in the series, There is trouble blowing in the wind. Is it the answer or smoke from another holiday cottage, burnt to the ground by an arsonist? Maybe it is the aroma of Moonshadow Grey’s cooking, or the scent from one of her ready-rolled joints? Perhaps it is the noise from the huge loud speakers in the flat next door to Mrs Julia Fothergill, who is suffering from an outbreak of cuckoos.
It’s July in Dorset and the peaceful summer is about to be disturbed by violence and mayhem, yet again. The twins are off from school, Mike is drawing Tintin, Lucy is trying to save hedgehogs and Tom Flowers gets called in by the local banks to find the ‘Homeless’, the person behind the string of fires across the county.
With the arrival of Superintendent Pritchard to advise Muga’s team about drug dealers, and the Right Honourable Harvey Stroll, MP, begging for help for his beloved mistress, the scene is set for one hell of a party. And the discovery of two decapitated corpses sends all of them searching for the killers. And guess where they are heading…
We’re back in Rilton Castle with all the familiar characters as the Ash family deals with the village’s latest drama, Finn and Patrick cope with teenage frustration and Regina finds the solution to one problem really is blowing in the wind…
It’s July in Dorset and the peaceful summer is about to be disturbed by violence and mayhem, yet again. The twins are off from school, Mike is drawing Tintin, Lucy is trying to save hedgehogs and Tom Flowers gets called in by the local banks to find the ‘Homeless’, the person behind the string of fires across the county.
With the arrival of Superintendent Pritchard to advise Muga’s team about drug dealers, and the Right Honourable Harvey Stroll, MP, begging for help for his beloved mistress, the scene is set for one hell of a party. And the discovery of two decapitated corpses sends all of them searching for the killers. And guess where they are heading…
We’re back in Rilton Castle with all the familiar characters as the Ash family deals with the village’s latest drama, Finn and Patrick cope with teenage frustration and Regina finds the solution to one problem really is blowing in the wind…
- GenresMystery
470 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 15, 2017
1 person is currently reading
7 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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December 23, 2017
... i do love this series... another favorite !!
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