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Saturday, December 30, 2023

Suspense and Fictional Romance Thrillers by Linda Burson

 


Suspense and Fictional Romance Thrillers by Linda Burson

Message From Author Linda Burson. I decided to write a different kind of biography. While the one written in a few of my books is accurate, this one adds a bit more detail. This one will give you the complete reason while I decided to not only write a novel, but to finally complete it, as well as continue writing.

Life is short. Yes, you’ve heard that cliche many, many times, I’m sure. For me, however, I understand it and feel it to my core. There are those of you who may feel it as deeply as me. Whether you changed your life completely, well, only you would know that. As for me, that’s exactly what I did, and the true reason I am now writing full time.

I had two close calls in my life, close as in the end of my life as we know it here on earth. This makes one stop and think. It certainly made me stop and think, a lot. It made me appreciate what I have, but it also made me consider if the life I was living and the direction it was heading was truly what I desired. This wasn’t a difficult decision for me. I always knew I wanted to write books, but as I said in the previous biography, something always seems to “get” in the way.

Besides the fact that physically I could have died twice, I did have four special people in my life who died way too young. They were all close to me as I was to them. The first important, irreplaceable person I lost was my mother who died from ovarian cancer. Next, was my brother who died due to heart issues; my best friend, who was more like a close sister, died due to breast cancer, and lastly, a cousin who was also a best friend to me, to suicide.

This alone should have been enough for me to make changes in my life. It did get me to seriously consider making these changes and attempt to start that writing career multiple times, but it didn’t push me over the edge enough to do it. It took me being diagnosed with breast cancer, not having great odds, and a couple of years contemplating my life that finally gave me the push I needed to close my business and write full time. It’s the second scare I experienced that keeps me writing.

So, if you don’t wake in the morning looking forward to starting your day, hopefully with a smile, then maybe you need to take a second look at the direction of your life. I found the joy and passion in writing books. Do I want to sell lots and lots of books? Of course. But that isn’t my driving force. I know not everyone is going to love my stories; but that doesn’t matter as much as the fact that I enjoy writing them. It makes me happy; it makes me full whole, and it makes me wake looking forward to starting my day because I know I have something waiting for me that I love to do.

https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/linda-bursons-books/


Science Fiction and Western Adventures by Author Larry Auerbach

 


Science Fiction and Western Adventures by Author Larry Auerbach.

Larry Auerbach is a member of the Western Writers of America with six books that include Science Fiction and Western Adventures. He is a collector of frontier memorabilia, and maintains an extensive library of the people, places, and events of that period.

Available Books:
…Mr. Wysquers
…The Troll Bridge
…A Matter Of Honor
…A Matter Of Justice
…Common Threads
…The Spirit Of Redd Mountain

https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/larry-auerbachs-books/


Saturday, December 23, 2023

High Stakes by John F. Dobbyn

 


High Stakes by John F. Dobbyn

A Knight and Devlin Thriller Book 6

History, myth, music, and murder—and Michael Knight is in the middle

An authentic Stradivarius violin turns up in Romania. A Stradivarius is rare enough, but this one is even more special. It is thought to hold the code disclosing the location of a treasure hidden in the fifteenth century. The violin is steeped in haunting mystique: it is believed to have been hidden by Vlad Dracula, whose historic tyranny led to the fabrication of the myth of vampirism. Russian, Chinese, and Romanian gangs centered in Boston want the code and all of them are hot on the trail. Violence is their language—brutality, their technique.

And who is hired to see that the treasure lands in the rightful place? None other than Michael Knight with a little help from his senior law partner Lex Devlin and his crony, Billy Coyne, Boston's deputy district attorney.

Michael uses the thin leverage of his knowledge about the violin to keep each of the three gang leaders at bay, while he follows the chain of historic clues from a violin shop in the Carpathian Mountains to a gangster-infested nightclub in Bucharest, to a university in Istanbul, and back to the gang headquarters of the three competing criminal organizations. Secrets from the past and present collide along the perilous shuttle between Boston and Romania. In the end, what is the righteous solution?

Perfect for fans of Daniel Silva and Steve Berry.

Author’s Page:
https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/john-f-dobbyns-books/


Characters Unleashed: Writing Exercises For New Authors by Theodocia McLean

Characters Unleashed: Writing Exercises For New Authors by Theodocia McLean.

Congratulations, You Have Decided To Write A Book.

Writing your first book will send you on a roller coaster of emotions. Maybe you have dreamed for years of retiring from your job, creating time and the perfect space to write your novel. The words might pour out of your mind faster than you can type or you might face dry spells where the words won’t come. Writing your book will become a labor of love, intense work, laughter and tears, but seeing your book in print will be one of the most thrilling experiences of your lifetime.

Family and friends might ask you the very same question that you find yourself asking as you stare at the blank white page in front of you. Why am I writing this book? Is my first intention to become famous and get rich or do I have a story, an idea or some information that I want to share with others?

In my experience, my first book was fiction because I had a story in my head that wouldn’t leave me alone. A story that I needed to tell if for no other reason than getting it out of my head and the satisfaction of reading it in print. From there I branched out into a memoir in hopes of sharing a part of my life journey. My workbooks were written out of a need to share important information with others. I created a format that allows my reader to write their own contribution in the workbook and make it their own.

I think the best authors have written out of the sheer pleasure of writing the novel, biography, short story, poetry etc. Passion for the characters, story or information that you want to convey will be the springboard that will keep you writing.

The satisfaction of selling my books is surprisingly not about money at all. I have discovered that selling a book is a humbling experience. If just one person takes time out their busy life to purchase and read one of my books or contribute to one of my workbooks that they hold in their hands and write in, how much more truly lasting satisfaction could I possibly obtain?

Why A Workbook? Words are like clouds, they form, the create amazing things, they create chaos and then they disappear.  You don’t have to be perfect at journaling for this workbook to help you as an author. You do have to be willing to put the work in to reap the rewards.

As your move along into this workbook, you will write about what you know and what you imagine. I created this in workbook format because writing is in your blood and this workbook will guide you.

Every day you get up out bed and experience life. Maybe you go someone, talk to people you know, meet someone new, are perhaps you are forced into a new environment or situation.

Unless you are writing a reference book, your book will most likely be about characters, environment, locations, and time periods. Whether fiction or nonfiction, your book will need to draw your reader out of their space and time and into your creation of space and time. The more you understand how your day-to-day experience transforms into the life of your book, the better writer you will become.

I wish you the very best in writing, publishing and more importantly, promotion and sales. You are welcome to contact me for help.

Message by Theodocia McLean

Product Details:
Workbook Paperback: ‎151 Pages
Publisher: Independently Published (September 22, 2018)
Language: ‎English
Self-Help (Authors)

Amazon Print:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/172393626X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p2_i7

Message From Author: I, Theodocia McLean, was born on Beals Island, in Downeast Maine, in 1954.

Sold to the mailman, adopted twice, I was not told my beautiful name until my sixteenth birthday.

My love for writing began when my fifth-grade teacher captured my imagination with creative writing assignments while I was living away from home, in a harsh, punitive private school environment. A song that I have sung every day is the only link that I had to Clara, my one special friend, who made daily life bearable for a short time, in that dreadful place. I have longed for the day when someone, even a stranger, would bring me the proof, that I desperately seek. Did my friend Clara really die in a car accident, fleeing with her abductor (father), from the school?

UPDATE: In fall of 2023 some of us (now) adults who survived PHS have come together. Two friends from this newly formed group have done amazing research and detective work. The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I now have written legal documents that describe Clara’s life. It does not change the events of that horrible day. I was holding Clara’s hand and screaming, as her father knocked out our school yard supervisor and abducted her from the school yard in 1966. All these years I wondered what I could have done something to stop the abduction or to prevent her death. You see, they told me (a 5th grader) that Clara died in a car accident. Legal documents prove this was a lie. Clara went on to live and get married. I am so grateful to my survivor friends from PHS. Our stories are all real and we have been able to verify each other’s memories. Some of us have passed away now, but we are all survivors (not victims) of a hell on earth, while living at the private boarding school (PHS).

I have removed my book ‘DID: True Story Of Survival’ and my book ‘Theodocia’s Heart Songs’ from circulation for the time being. I hope to bring it back at some point in the future. In my new book, I plan to share some of own techniques for healing. I plan in detail about my experience of seeing two angels on the evening before 911, while in West, VA (on a family trip). I want to share the significance of these two angels, at that time?

I am an avid reader and I enjoy reviewing books.

Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/Theodocia-McLean/e/B00J6G6P08/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1537886837&sr=1-1

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/theodocia-mcleans-books/

Cat Diary For Cat Lovers by Theodocia McLean

Cat Diary For Cat Lovers (In The Event Of Accident Or My Death) by Theodocia McLean.

Dear Cat Lover,

I could never imagine (not would I want to) my life without a cat. Even as a child, I had a cat and some years a cat and a dog for pets.

The idea for this Cat Diary stems back twenty-five plus years. Circumstances beyond my control was forcing me not only to move to another state, but I couldn’t have a cat where I was going.

My pressing task was to find a new home for my beloved male cat named Greybow. I bought a notebook and begun writing everything I knew about Greybow’s likes, dislikes, medical history (as he had lost one leg due to an accident), and everything that made him special. Next, I put an ad in the local newspaper. A day passed before a local college student called and asked if she could visit Greybow. She came over to the house and immediately wanted Greybow. She moved here to attend college and she was homesick for her family and lonely. She had an apartment that allowed cats and so she decided she needed a furry friend. Before we moved ahead with the exchange, I asked her to take the notebook home and study it before she made the final decision. She called in a couple of day and asked if she could adopt my Greybow. She said she had read his diary and was convinced he would be the perfect companion for her. I say my goodbye and watched her drive away with my precious Greybow. Before she left, I gave her my new address and asked her to write, so I would know that Greybow was settling in well. A couple of months later, I received a long letter stating how wonderful Greybow had settled in. She said she was no longer lonely as he was her shadow and stayed close while she studied long hours. In my heart I knew that the diary had played a huge role in guaranteeing the successful transition for both her and Greybow.

These many years later, I created this workbook to help you and your precious furry friend(s) find a new home. You might find your situation mirrors mine so long ago. Perhaps illness has driven you to this decision or a family member has died and his or her cat needs a new home.

I would never wish on you the agony of needing to place your furry family member in a new home, but if it needs to be, I hope this workbook brings you comfort and the new owner much needed information to make the transition seamless.

It is now 2018 and my shadow is named Wolf. He was a shelter cat, adopted before six month and returned to the shelter. When I found him in 2011, he was in a large room of cats, curled up all lone on a corner piece of carpet. I picked him up, turned him over, and held him close to my chest like a baby. He looked up at me with the lonely eyes and started purring. My heart melted and I knew he was the furry one. Someone had already named him Wolf due to his gray color and pointed ears. He was and is adorable. He is now age seven and the king of the house.

This workbook would not be complete unless I stated that Wolf has endorsed it. Wolf is my loving shadow and I have talked through every word of this notebook with him and he gives his full approval.

Wolf and I realize that if you are using this workbook, it is because you love your furry friend and want to provide for him or her even when you can’t be around. We wish you and your furry member of the family the very best in health, love, cuddles and the transitions that life brings.

With Love from Wolf and Theodocia (Photos Included are Personal)

Product Details:
Workbook Paperback: ‎98 Pages
Publisher: ‎Independently Published (October 6, 2018)
Language: ‎English
Self-Help (Cat Care)

Amazon Print:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1726801489/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p2_i5

Message From Author: I, Theodocia McLean, was born on Beals Island, in Downeast Maine, in 1954.

Sold to the mailman, adopted twice, I was not told my beautiful name until my sixteenth birthday.

My love for writing began when my fifth-grade teacher captured my imagination with creative writing assignments while I was living away from home, in a harsh, punitive private school environment. A song that I have sung every day is the only link that I had to Clara, my one special friend, who made daily life bearable for a short time, in that dreadful place. I have longed for the day when someone, even a stranger, would bring me the proof, that I desperately seek. Did my friend Clara really die in a car accident, fleeing with her abductor (father), from the school?

UPDATE: In fall of 2023 some of us (now) adults who survived PHS have come together. Two friends from this newly formed group have done amazing research and detective work. The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I now have written legal documents that describe Clara’s life. It does not change the events of that horrible day. I was holding Clara’s hand and screaming, as her father knocked out our school yard supervisor and abducted her from the school yard in 1966. All these years I wondered what I could have done something to stop the abduction or to prevent her death. You see, they told me (a 5th grader) that Clara died in a car accident. Legal documents prove this was a lie. Clara went on to live and get married. I am so grateful to my survivor friends from PHS. Our stories are all real and we have been able to verify each other’s memories. Some of us have passed away now, but we are all survivors (not victims) of a hell on earth, while living at the private boarding school (PHS).

I have removed my book ‘DID: True Story Of Survival’ and my book ‘Theodocia’s Heart Songs’ from circulation for the time being. I hope to bring it back at some point in the future. In my new book, I plan to share some of own techniques for healing. I plan in detail about my experience of seeing two angels on the evening before 911, while in West, VA (on a family trip). I want to share the significance of these two angels, at that time?

I am an avid reader and I enjoy reviewing books.

Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/Theodocia-McLean/e/B00J6G6P08/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1537886837&sr=1-1

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/theodocia-mcleans-books/

Household Property Inventory Workbook by Theodocia McLean

Household Property Inventory Workbook by Theodocia McLean.

A Must Have Record Keeping System.

The Household Property Inventory Workbook by Theodocia McLean is one purchase you will wish you had made several years ago. Lucky for you, it is never too late to document household and personal belongings.

This workbook is geared for homeowners or those who rent. Document and track everything from furnishings to valuables. This workbook begins with all the primary household family members’ vital statistics, dates, places, of birth, right down to the details needed for family members if you are in the hospital or you need someone to care for your furry members of the family. It ends with your end-of-life instructions.

Heaven forbids your home and all its contents are lost to fire, flood or other natural disaster. However, this is when this workbook becomes valuable. Your home and all its contents are your biggest investments and you have spent a personal fortune insuring for earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and theft. It is the worst time of your life when the insurance adjuster wants proof of your loss. You took the time to document your belongings in this workbook, you followed the format, your recorded serial numbers, included receipts and photocopied everything. You even stored copies on external hard drives or in the cloud. You’re covered! Just sit back and wait for the insurance company to cut you a check.

I highly recommend you purchase this workbook annually for your home and store each past year(s) in your safety deposit box. This workbook makes a great wedding or housewarming gift. Buy copies for yourself, your family and friends.

Product Details:
Workbook Paperback: ‎435 Pages
Publisher: ‎Independently Published (September 15, 2018)
Language: ‎English
Self-Help (Property)

Amazon Print:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1723737011/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p2_i9

Message From Author: I, Theodocia McLean, was born on Beals Island, in Downeast Maine, in 1954.

Sold to the mailman, adopted twice, I was not told my beautiful name until my sixteenth birthday.

My love for writing began when my fifth-grade teacher captured my imagination with creative writing assignments while I was living away from home, in a harsh, punitive private school environment. A song that I have sung every day is the only link that I had to Clara, my one special friend, who made daily life bearable for a short time, in that dreadful place. I have longed for the day when someone, even a stranger, would bring me the proof, that I desperately seek. Did my friend Clara really die in a car accident, fleeing with her abductor (father), from the school?

UPDATE: In fall of 2023 some of us (now) adults who survived PHS have come together. Two friends from this newly formed group have done amazing research and detective work. The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I now have written legal documents that describe Clara’s life. It does not change the events of that horrible day. I was holding Clara’s hand and screaming, as her father knocked out our school yard supervisor and abducted her from the school yard in 1966. All these years I wondered what I could have done something to stop the abduction or to prevent her death. You see, they told me (a 5th grader) that Clara died in a car accident. Legal documents prove this was a lie. Clara went on to live and get married. I am so grateful to my survivor friends from PHS. Our stories are all real and we have been able to verify each other’s memories. Some of us have passed away now, but we are all survivors (not victims) of a hell on earth, while living at the private boarding school (PHS).

I have removed my book ‘DID: True Story Of Survival’ and my book ‘Theodocia’s Heart Songs’ from circulation for the time being. I hope to bring it back at some point in the future. In my new book, I plan to share some of own techniques for healing. I plan in detail about my experience of seeing two angels on the evening before 911, while in West, VA (on a family trip). I want to share the significance of these two angels, at that time?

I am an avid reader and I enjoy reviewing books.

Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/Theodocia-McLean/e/B00J6G6P08/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1537886837&sr=1-1

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/theodocia-mcleans-books/

Nephilim: Living Among Us by Theodocia McLean

Nephilim: Living Among Us by Theodocia McLean.

Is This Half-Breed Living Among Us Today?

People are experiencing encounters with these fallen angels who have both de-evolved and evolved with an insatiable lust.

Theodocia McLean’s book, The Nephilim: Is This Half-Breed Living Among Us Today? is a unique approach to the “Nephilim” (offspring of fallen angels and human copulation).

This might possibly be Theologians best kept secret.

This is a fictional account of the “Nephilim” briefly described in the Bible. Her premise is that fallen angels survived the great flood that wiped out the earthbound Nephilim.

This fictional accounting is set in the backdrop of a convention of people who are experiencing encounters with these fallen angels who have both de-evolved and evolved with an insatiable lust and the question remains, is this half-breed among us today?

Product Details:
Paperback: ‎127 Pages
Publisher: ‎Independently Published (September 7, 2018)
Language: ‎English
Fiction (Nephilim)

Amazon Print:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1720154848/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3

Message From Author: I, Theodocia McLean, was born on Beals Island, in Downeast Maine, in 1954.

Sold to the mailman, adopted twice, I was not told my beautiful name until my sixteenth birthday.

My love for writing began when my fifth-grade teacher captured my imagination with creative writing assignments while I was living away from home, in a harsh, punitive private school environment. A song that I have sung every day is the only link that I had to Clara, my one special friend, who made daily life bearable for a short time, in that dreadful place. I have longed for the day when someone, even a stranger, would bring me the proof, that I desperately seek. Did my friend Clara really die in a car accident, fleeing with her abductor (father), from the school?

UPDATE: In fall of 2023 some of us (now) adults who survived PHS have come together. Two friends from this newly formed group have done amazing research and detective work. The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I now have written legal documents that describe Clara’s life. It does not change the events of that horrible day. I was holding Clara’s hand and screaming, as her father knocked out our school yard supervisor and abducted her from the school yard in 1966. All these years I wondered what I could have done something to stop the abduction or to prevent her death. You see, they told me (a 5th grader) that Clara died in a car accident. Legal documents prove this was a lie. Clara went on to live and get married. I am so grateful to my survivor friends from PHS. Our stories are all real and we have been able to verify each other’s memories. Some of us have passed away now, but we are all survivors (not victims) of a hell on earth, while living at the private boarding school (PHS).

I have removed my book ‘DID: True Story Of Survival’ and my book ‘Theodocia’s Heart Songs’ from circulation for the time being. I hope to bring it back at some point in the future. In my new book, I plan to share some of own techniques for healing. I plan in detail about my experience of seeing two angels on the evening before 911, while in West, VA (on a family trip). I want to share the significance of these two angels, at that time?

I am an avid reader and I enjoy reviewing books.

Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/Theodocia-McLean/e/B00J6G6P08/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1537886837&sr=1-1

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/theodocia-mcleans-books/

Beyond The Diamond Pod by Theodocia McLean

Beyond The Diamond Pod by Theodocia McLean.

It is the year 3010. Fyodor lives in the future and travels to the past.

Her story is vivid, depicting real-time events as she moves through time, back into our Biblical past: Genesis, Adam and Eve, Noah documented with biblical references.

A truly wonderful story intertwined with fantasy and fact.

Travel with Fyodor in A Diamond Pod and witness Biblical Time Travel in a new dimension.

Product Details:
Paperback: ‎133 Pages
Publisher: ‎Independently Published (October 9, 2018)
Language: ‎English
Fiction (Time Travel)

Print:
https://kdp.amazon.com/amazon-dp-action/us/dualbookshelf.marketplacelink/1728620651

Message From Author: I, Theodocia McLean, was born on Beals Island, in Downeast Maine, in 1954.

Sold to the mailman, adopted twice, I was not told my beautiful name until my sixteenth birthday.

My love for writing began when my fifth-grade teacher captured my imagination with creative writing assignments while I was living away from home, in a harsh, punitive private school environment. A song that I have sung every day is the only link that I had to Clara, my one special friend, who made daily life bearable for a short time, in that dreadful place. I have longed for the day when someone, even a stranger, would bring me the proof, that I desperately seek. Did my friend Clara really die in a car accident, fleeing with her abductor (father), from the school?

UPDATE: In fall of 2023 some of us (now) adults who survived PHS have come together. Two friends from this newly formed group have done amazing research and detective work. The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for me. I now have written legal documents that describe Clara’s life. It does not change the events of that horrible day. I was holding Clara’s hand and screaming, as her father knocked out our school yard supervisor and abducted her from the school yard in 1966. All these years I wondered what I could have done something to stop the abduction or to prevent her death. You see, they told me (a 5th grader) that Clara died in a car accident. Legal documents prove this was a lie. Clara went on to live and get married. I am so grateful to my survivor friends from PHS. Our stories are all real and we have been able to verify each other’s memories. Some of us have passed away now, but we are all survivors (not victims) of a hell on earth, while living at the private boarding school (PHS).

I have removed my book ‘DID: True Story Of Survival’ and my book ‘Theodocia’s Heart Songs’ from circulation for the time being. I hope to bring it back at some point in the future. In my new book, I plan to share some of own techniques for healing. I plan in detail about my experience of seeing two angels on the evening before 911, while in West, VA (on a family trip). I want to share the significance of these two angels, at that time?

I am an avid reader and I enjoy reviewing books.

Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/Theodocia-McLean/e/B00J6G6P08/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1537886837&sr=1-1

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/theodocia-mcleans-books/

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Writing An Old Fashioned Detective by Chris Karlsen

I spent nineteen of my twenty-five years in law enforcement as a detective. Long before I became a police officer, I wanted to be a writer. But I feared it wasn't a practical profession and lacked the confidence to an attempt at it. Shortly after I retired from law enforcement, I found the courage to try my hand writing a story that I had floated around in my imagination for years. I started taking classes to learn the craft and began my first book at the same time.

When I went to conferences and seminars the same question was asked: why don't I write a cop story? I never had the desire to write a contemporary one murder/suspense. I enjoy a good police story as much as anyone. My favorite authors in the genre are Mike Connelly and Joe Wambaugh. I just didn't want to take that road.

I love history and began a series of historical romances involving time travel. While writing that series I got the idea for an old-fashioned detective. I’d visited England and London many times. I knew he’d work in London and I couldn’t think of a better setting for murder/suspense than Victorian England. From that idea, Detective Rudyard Bloodstone (Ruddy) was created.

When I started the Bloodstone series, it hadn’t occurred to me how much of my personal experience as a detective would influence the stories. I used my years of interviewing suspects to enhance the mindset(s) of the killers. I found including the POV of the antagonists added a lot of interesting aspects to their characters. They remained villains, but they weren’t flat, black and white ones.

In the first book, Silk, Detective Bloodstone must battle politics and the class structure while pursuing his suspect. In Snifter of Death, the second book, he and his partner find themselves investigating a killer that is the last person anyone would suspect. In my latest book, A Venomous Love, there are two villains. An added twist to the case is the murderer’s use of a most unusual weapon.

My detective experience became important in the execution of Ruddy’s investigations. Silk is set in 1888, Snifter of Death in 1889 and A Venomous Love in 1890. He literally has no forensic science to help him. With each murder, I had to walk the scene with him, observe with him, and consider what could possibly serve as a clue. To stay true to the period, I had to strip away everything I knew from modern investigations and fall back on old fashioned police work.

Detectives everywhere, and over time, have all handled the occasional bizarre case. One of the main elements of A Venomous Love is the weapon used. It is based on an actual event related to me years ago by a London police officer friend of mine. The setting, the time period of the story, and the weapon add a colorful angle.

I found the challenge of writing a cop story with a Victorian setting surprisingly fun. Detective Bloodstone has become my favorite character to write. I love filling his world with people from all walks of life in that period. He definitely will get more cases to solve in the near future. 

I am currently working on a fourth book in the Bloodstone series called, Killer Friends. It should be ready for publication sometime the middle or fall of next year.

Article Date: 11-18-2023

About The Author: Chris Karlsen is a retired police detective. She spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. The daughter of a history professor and voracious reader, she grew up with a love of history and books.

An internationally published author, Chris has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, satisfying her need to visit places she read about. Having spent a great deal of time in England and France, she used her love of both places as settings for her Knights in Time (5 book) series.

Author Chris Karlsen presents her Historical Romance and Historical Suspense Thrillers and Historical Love & War series.

Her series now include Knights in Time series, the Bloodstone series, Love & War series, Dark Water series and a Holiday short story selection: Choosing Home or Heart. Her novels are available in digital, e-book, Android App, paperback, audio format, and some books are presented in foreign language format.

A Chicago native, Chris has lived in Paris, Los Angeles, and now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two rescue dogs. A city girl all her life, living in a small town on a bay was an interesting adjustment. She’d never lived anywhere so quiet at night and where traffic wasn’t bumper to bumper 24/7.

Some of Chris’s favorite authors are: Bernard Cornwell, Michael Connolly, Joseph Wambaugh, Julia Quinn, Julie Anne Long and Deanna Raybourne.

Author Chris Karlsen Presents Her Historical Romance and Historical Romance Suspense Thrillers!

Knights in Time

•Heroes Live Forever

•Journey in Time

•Knight Blindness

•Losing Time

•In Time for You

Bloodstone Series

•Silk

•Snifter of Death

•A Venomous Love

Love & War Series

•The Ack Ack Girl

•Moonlight Serenade (New Historical Romance)

Dark Water Series

•Dangerous Waters

•Golden Chariot

•Byzantine Gold

Holiday Selection: Choosing Home or Heart (this is a Christmas story where my Victorian detective from the series, Rudyard Bloodstone, goes home to Wales for the holidays and to introduce his lady love to his family. No murder, just a warm-hearted holiday novella)

Amazon Author’s Page:
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The Bloodstone Murder Series by Chris Karlsen

The Bloodstone Murder Series!

Coming Soon – Killer Friends – Book 4.

Silk by Chris Karlsen.

The Bloodstone Series Book 1.

It is the time of Jack the Ripper; the widowed Queen Victoria sits on the throne of England.

The whole of London is on edge wondering when or where Jack will kill next. The Palace, Parliament, and the press are demanding the police do more to find him. In another part of London, rough-around-the-edges war hero, Metropolitan Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone has his own serial killer to find.

Inter departmental rivalries, politics, and little evidence to go on hamper the investigation at every turn. In a battle of wills, Bloodstone presses forward following his instincts in spite of the obstacles.

Review: I don’t read mysteries anymore. I don’t care who did it, so I don’t bother with mysteries unless they offer a good deal more than just a puzzle. Silk is so much more. The setting and the detective insinuate themselves into your psyche. Like silk, they slip and slide into the crevices of your mind, softly caress your pleasure centers, and make you want more. The recalcitrant and grumpy Bloodstone earns your affection without wanting it or trying for it and the city casts a spell that carries you along so subtlety, you have no idea you’ve been hooked until the end when you’re left bereft and wanting more.

Lovely. Thoroughly engaging. Actually, cared about the mystery a bit, which is saying something. Bloodstone has joined Holmes, Wolfe, and Marlowe in my pantheon of detectives I love.

Customer Ratings:
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Product Details:
Series: The Bloodstone Series (Book 1)
Paperback: 322 Pages
Publisher: Books to Go Now (September 10, 2019)
Language: English
Romance (Historical)
Romance Historical Suspense Thrillers

Amazon Print:
https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Bloodstone-Chris-Karlsen/dp/1646696875/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587503628&sr=1-8

Kindle:
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Audio Book:
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Snifter of Death by Chris Karlsen.

The Bloodstone Series Book 2.

The summer of 1889 was proving to be a strange one for Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone and his partner.

They had a sexual pervert loose. The man didn’t actually harm women but threatened them at knife point, fondling them, and ultimately stealing their stockings.

Far more serious were the murders of influential men, which appeared random other than they were all killed by arsenic poison. Never had he and his partner had cases with so little workable evidence.

Also, the rivalry between him and his detective nemesis at London’s other police department was intensifying. That

nemesis was the boxing champion of their department and looking to challenge Rudyard, who never trained as a boxer.

Besides Rudyard’s pride being at stake, and the pride of his station, his nemesis also had in his possession a scandalous photograph of the woman Rudyard cares very much for. The new lady in Rudyard’s life had captured his heart and he’d fight the devil himself to save her reputation.

Review: The beguiling Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone is back in a sequel to the Bloodstone Series, vol. one: Silk.

Inspector Rudyard’s story continues with a tale of a summer gone agley: men of stature are dropping dead all around him, women are being terrorized by a knife-wielding Stocking Sniffer, a competitor / colleague is looking to pulp his face in, and there are two women in his life: ’nuff said.

Both his professional and personal lives are full of complications and every time you think Ruddy might have a solution, something else goes awry.

But it’s not all dark; some of the complications in his life are downright funny, like those posed by his dog and the neighbor boy.

Book Two of Ruddy is even better than the first; whether you love murder mysteries, nineteenth-century England, strong handsome protagonists, or fascinating killers, you’ll love Snifter. Highly recommended.

Customer Ratings:
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Product Details:
Series: The Bloodstone Series (Book 2)
Paperback: 392 Pages
Publisher: Books to Go Now (September 11, 2019)
Language: English
Romance (Historical)
Romance Historical Suspense Thrillers

Amazon Print:
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Kindle:
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Audio Book:
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A Venomous Love by Chris Karlsen.

The Bloodstone Series Book 3.

A Venomous Love, won the ‘Global Grand Prize’ in the thriller/suspense category last year (2021) from Chanticleer Reviews.

The killer whispered- “A pretty damsel…worth a pretty risk.

“It’s 1890. A veteran, Detective Rudyard Bloodstone has fought a brutal battle and witnessed war horrors that haunt his nightmares. Now one of those horrors has followed him home from Africa.

A vicious predator, the Cape cobra, can kill a man in thirty minutes. A suspect using the snake as a weapon in robberies is terrorizing London. When the crimes escalate into murder, a victim’s daughter, Honoria Underhill, becomes the focus of the killer.

After several attempts on her life, Scotland Yard threatens to take over the high-profile case. With few leads to follow, Bloodstone and his partner must now fight department politics and catch the killer before Underhill becomes another murder victim.

5 Stars: ‘A Venomous Love’ is book three in The Bloodstone Series. Each book stands alone, so I invite you to begin reading.

One appealing nature of ‘A Venomous Love’ is the historical snapshots of the Victorian period, where main character Detective Rudyard Bloodstone conducts his investigations. The book opens in London, April 1890.

This period in history finds Detective Rudyard Bloodstone severely limited in his ability to solve crimes. No fancy labs or DNA testing. The perplexing case of a thief using an extremely deadly method to steal valuables from his victims, has Detective Rudyard Bloodstone and his partner Detective Archie Holbrook putting their collective, raw detective skills to the test. With Scotland Yard breathing down their necks, the clock is ticking, and another murder is simply a matter of time.

Author Chris Karlsen (retired police detective) gives us an excerpt from ‘A Venomous Love’:

...Puzzled, Ruddy asked, “You say the body is still in the chapel?

...Couldn’t the nurse bring an exam table to put him on and start treatment?”

...“She did. Young and I attempted to help but he suffered violent convulsions. Because the hospital is for children, they don’t have restraints. The head nurse instructed us to leave him back on the floor. She was afraid he’d fall off the table.”

...“Makes sense.” The time-frame of Underhill’s death didn’t make sense. At minimum it usually took an hour and more often, hours for the venom to kill. A horrible thought occurred to Ruddy. What if it was a different suspect with a different lethal snake? “But he died while you were still here?”

...“Yes. He convulsed brutally hard a few more times and an excessive amount of drool came out his mouth. Then he lost consciousness. A nurse put a blanket over him and a pillow under his head. He died as she was making him comfortable.”

...“Strange. This is abnormally fast even for cobra venom.” Flanders stepped up on Ruddy’s right. “What is it, constable?”

...“Shall I leave you to start my search?” Flanders asked.

...“Yes. Collect anything, and I mean anything, you find that looks out of the ordinary,” Archie told him. “This case is so unusual we can’t be sure what is important and what isn’t.”

...The nurse led them to the curtained-off bed. Honoria Underhill lay on her side softly sobbing. Her legs were curled up so she fit on the short bed meant for a child. The nurses had covered her with a blanket. When she saw Ruddy and Archie, she sat up and swung her legs down to the side of the bed.

...“Yes. We know this is traumatic for you but we need to ask you to repeat what happened with as much detail as you can recall,” Ruddy told her.

...“I understand.” Her shoulders trembled. She buried her fists in her skirt and kept her head down as she fought to control her emotions.

...Ruddy brought the conversation back to the crime. “Did the suspect say anything when he attacked?”

...“'A pretty little damsel, worth a pretty risk,’ he said as he rushed toward us. Then he leapt at me with the snake in hand inches from my face. Father pushed me out of the man’s reach and stepped be- tween us. My father tried to knock the man’s hand away and swatted at the animal.”

...She dabbed at her nose again and then offered the handkerchief back to Archie who waved off the return. “It happened so fast,” Honoria continued. “In the time it took me to blink, the snake’s throat blew outward, like a fan opening.” She demonstrated the action with her hands. “A second later it lunged and struck.”

The story has a unique twist, a well-thought-out plot, and interesting characters that will keep you turning the page. If you like crime mysteries, I encourage you to purchase this book, and the entire ‘The Bloodstone Series’.

Editorial Review (Book Marketing Global Network).

Ratings:
https://www.amazon.com/Venomous-Love-Bloodstone-Chris-Karlsen/dp/B083XQ1GVB/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1583106436&sr=1-1#customerReviews

Product Details:
Series: The Bloodstone Series (Book 3)
Paperback: 340 Pages
Publisher: Independently published (January 18, 2020)
Language: English
Romance (Historical)
Romance Historical Suspense Thrillers

Amazon Hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/Venomous-Love-Chris-Karlsen/dp/B09QGB3Y9C/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1583106436&sr=1-1

Amazon Softcover:
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Kindle:
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Audiobook:
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A Venomous Love, won the ‘Global Grand Prize’
in the thriller/suspense category last year (2021) from Chanticleer Reviews.

The Bloodstone Series:
Silk - Snifter of Death - Choosing Heart or Home
by Chris Karlsen

Three Exciting and thrilling stories which follow the Victorian detective, Rudyard Bloodstone.

Silk: It is the time of Jack the Ripper; the widowed Queen Victoria sits on the throne of England. The whole of London is on edge wondering when or where Jack will kill next. The Palace, Parliament, and the press are demanding the police do more to find him. In another part of London, rough-around-the-edges war hero, Metropolitan Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone has his own serial killer to find. Inter departmental rivalries, politics, and little evidence to go on hamper the investigation at every turn. In a battle of wills, Bloodstone presses forward following his instincts in spite of the obstacles.

Snifter of Death: The summer of 1889 was proving to be a strange one for Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone and his partner. They had a sexual pervert loose terrifying women. Far more serious were the murders of influential me, which appeared random with little in common other than they were all killed by arsenic poisoning. Never had Bloodstone and his partner had cases with so little evidence. On top of working the difficult murders, Rudyard has a new lady who captured his heart....a clever, beautiful, and talented lady with a scandalous past.

Choosing Heart or Home: The widowed Queen Victoria reigns over an empire on which "the sun never sets." London is bright with holiday decorations. Detective Rudyard Bloodstone has grown homesick for his Wales and his family there. He makes plans to see his parents and thinks it is the perfect time to introduce Honeysuckle Flowers, the lovely actress he adores. Once home, nothing goes as he envisioned. His mother disapproves of Honeysuckle's profession and tells Rudyard he is welcome but not his lady. He must choose between the woman who owns his heart and home and the family he loves

Product Details:
Print Length: ‎641 Pages
Publisher: ‎Books to Go Now (February 21, 2019)
Language: ‎English
Romance (Historical)
Romance Historical Suspense Thrillers
Mysteries (Suspense)
Mystery Anthologies
Historical Mystery
Thriller and Suspense Fiction

Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Bloodstone-Snifter-Death-Choosing-Heart-ebook/dp/B07NZ2LY6M?ref_=ast_author_dp

Bonus Book!

Choosing Home or Heart by Chris Karlsen.

Holiday Romance (Single Book-Not In Series)!

This is a Christmas story where my Victorian detective from the series, Rudyard Bloodstone, goes home to Wales for the holidays and to introduce his lady love to his family. No murder, just a warm-hearted holiday novella)

London: Christmas, 1889

The widowed Queen Victoria reigns over an empire on which the “sun never sets,” and London is bright with holiday decorations. Detective Rudyard Bloodstone’s career is moving along well as Holborn Station’s lead investigator. And, his year had gotten even better when he met London’s celebrated music hall star, Honeysuckle Flowers.

As he and his lady embark on celebrating the holidays, Rudyard grows homesick for Wales and his family there. He makes plans to see his parents and thinks it is the perfect time to introduce Honeysuckle to them. To his unhappy surprise, his mother paints her with a trollop’s brush. His mother is firm: he is loved and missed and most welcome in the family home but not his lady. He must choose between them and to choose means the risk of losing the other.

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Product Details:
Single Book (not in series)
Print Length: 94 Pages
Publisher: Books to Go Now (October 14, 2018)
Language: English
Romance (Historical)
Romance Historical Suspense Thrillers

Amazon Print:
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Kindle:
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Audio Book:
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About The Author:  Chris Karlsen is a retired police detective. She spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. The daughter of a history professor and voracious reader, she grew up with a love of history and books.

An internationally published author, Chris has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, satisfying her need to visit places she read about. Having spent a great deal of time in England and France, she used her love of both places as settings for her Knights in Time (5 book) series.

Author Chris Karlsen presents her Historical Romance and Historical Suspense Thrillers and Historical Love & War series.

Her series now include Knights in Time series, the Bloodstone series, Love & War series, Dark Water series and a Holiday short story selection: Choosing Home or Heart. Her novels are available in digital, e-book, Android App, paperback, audio format, and some books are presented in foreign language format.

A Chicago native, Chris has lived in Paris, Los Angeles, and now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two rescue dogs. A city girl all her life, living in a small town on a bay was an interesting adjustment. She’d never lived anywhere so quiet at night and where traffic wasn’t bumper to bumper 24/7.

Some of Chris’s favorite authors are: Bernard Cornwell, Michael Connolly, Joseph Wambaugh, Julia Quinn, Julie Anne Long and Deanna Raybourne.

Author Chris Karlsen Presents Her Historical Romance and Historical Romance Suspense Thrillers!

Knights in Time

  • Heroes Live Forever
  • Journey in Time
  • Knight Blindness
  • Losing Time
  • In Time for You

Bloodstone Series

  • Silk
  • Snifter of Death
  • A Venomous Love

Love & War Series

  • The Ack Ack Girl
  • Moonlight Serenade (New Historical Romance)

Dark Water Series

  • Dangerous Waters
  • Golden Chariot
  • Byzantine Gold

Holiday Selection: Choosing Home or Heart (this is a Christmas story where my Victorian detective from the series, Rudyard Bloodstone, goes home to Wales for the holidays and to introduce his lady love to his family. No murder, just a warm-hearted holiday novella)

Amazon Author’s Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Karlsen/e/B005HYTQQI?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1583106694&sr=1-2

Professional Website:
http://www.chriskarlsen.com

You Tube Video Links:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FZp3NafSKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWVJYtFDPYs

Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
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