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Mortlock: Mr Grimhurst's Treasure: And other Ghost Stories
If a dead man asked you to carry out one final favour for him, would you? How would you stop a demon from causing trouble in your local pub? Is it always clear who is the ghost and who isn't? Five chilling, companion short stories to the popular Mortlock series, featuring characters from Mortlock, The Demon Collector and The Bonehill Curse. Careful! They'll keep you awake at night!
40 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2018
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Jon Mayhew
33 books31 followersI live on the Wirral Peninsula with my wife and four children. We have a whole menagerie of dogs and cats and chickens and tortoises. My house overlooks the forbidding marshes of the Dee Estuary which is great for wildlife, spooky mists and wet feet.
I love writing but also enjoy running and playing the mandolin. Running is great because it keeps me fit and I can eat as many chips as I like without worrying about putting on weight... I think!
My Favourite food, apart from chips, is probably chicken korma, or maybe mussels or perhaps lasagna or maybe roast lamb...
Some more facts:
I never became a 'free reader' in primary school. Ask me why if I come to your school.
I used to love reading the Moomintroll books and, later the Conan series.
My favourite children's book is Holes by Louis Sachar.
(Copied from Official Website's About Me Page)
I love writing but also enjoy running and playing the mandolin. Running is great because it keeps me fit and I can eat as many chips as I like without worrying about putting on weight... I think!
My Favourite food, apart from chips, is probably chicken korma, or maybe mussels or perhaps lasagna or maybe roast lamb...
Some more facts:
I never became a 'free reader' in primary school. Ask me why if I come to your school.
I used to love reading the Moomintroll books and, later the Conan series.
My favourite children's book is Holes by Louis Sachar.
(Copied from Official Website's About Me Page)
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November 19, 2020
I picked this up after reading some of Jon’s adult crime fiction published under the name J.E. Mayhew. This and some of the other stories marketed for Young Adult and younger readers published as Jon Mayhew were intriguing. This is a collection of short stories that ties to one of Mayhew’s trilogies, the Mortlock series. The description of this collection is:
“If a dead man asked you to carry out one final favour for him, would you? How would you stop a demon from causing trouble in your local pub? Is it always clear who is the ghost and who isn't?
Five chilling, companion short stories to the popular Mortlock series, featuring characters from Mortlock, The Demon Collector and The Bonehill Curse. Careful! They'll keep you awake at night!”
And the stories are:
Mr Grimhurst’s Treasure
The Maiden Aunt
Jacob Carr and the Devil
Ashes to Ashes
Return to the Erato
Often when I read a collection of stories one stands out as the best, and sometimes one the least enjoyed. Neither of those happened this time. All 5 stories are excellent stories and display a keen writing craft. I picked this up and read it the week before Halloween, and they were great reads over a large mug of tea on a cold and rainy Saturday night. Each of the tales was entertaining. And 2 took me completely by surprise. I loved Return to the Erato. And even though I figured out The Maiden Aunt, it is an excellent piece.
This collection is five very well written tales. They have inspired me to pick up the first book in the trilogy that they are from. They were great fun to read and I highly recommend the collection.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Jon Mayhew. As well as reviews of books by his alter ego J.E. Mayhew.
“If a dead man asked you to carry out one final favour for him, would you? How would you stop a demon from causing trouble in your local pub? Is it always clear who is the ghost and who isn't?
Five chilling, companion short stories to the popular Mortlock series, featuring characters from Mortlock, The Demon Collector and The Bonehill Curse. Careful! They'll keep you awake at night!”
And the stories are:
Mr Grimhurst’s Treasure
The Maiden Aunt
Jacob Carr and the Devil
Ashes to Ashes
Return to the Erato
Often when I read a collection of stories one stands out as the best, and sometimes one the least enjoyed. Neither of those happened this time. All 5 stories are excellent stories and display a keen writing craft. I picked this up and read it the week before Halloween, and they were great reads over a large mug of tea on a cold and rainy Saturday night. Each of the tales was entertaining. And 2 took me completely by surprise. I loved Return to the Erato. And even though I figured out The Maiden Aunt, it is an excellent piece.
This collection is five very well written tales. They have inspired me to pick up the first book in the trilogy that they are from. They were great fun to read and I highly recommend the collection.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Jon Mayhew. As well as reviews of books by his alter ego J.E. Mayhew.
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