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1783 – and Lichfield
society is enthralled by the arrival of dashing ex-officer Orville; he charms
his way into the salons, grand houses and even a great inheritance from
extrovert Sir Morton.
1927 – and detective writer Julia Warren returns
to her home in Lichfield to work on her next novel. Initially she hopes to find
plot material from the past and set it in the present. Aunt Isobel, while
making preparations for the annual midsummer ball, has managed to root out an
old journal from 1783 which might prove a source of inspiration. Once Julia
starts reading her ancestor’s journal she becomes absorbed in solving the
mystery surrounding officer Orville. Detective fever takes over, and she moves
from reality to legend as events from the past seem
set to re-enact themselves in the present, and she finds herself unravelling
more than just the one mystery. Who was Orville? Who was the agent, Oddman, set
to spy on him? And who is helpful Mr Grenall ?
Pagan gods don’t walk away just because you stop
looking at them. The Gronny Patch sleeps. Perhaps it dreams. Or perhaps not …
A complex, multi-layered story unlike any other,
full of whimsy, horror, and mystery, shifting between the centuries and from
source to source, until all the threads are finally drawn together by the
imperturbable Miss Warren.
The author: B. Lloyd
After studying Early Music in Italy followed by a brief career in
concert performance, the Bustle exchanged vocal parts for less vocal arts i.e.
a Diploma from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.
Her inky mess, both graphic and verbal, can be found in various regions of the
Web, and appendaged to good people's works (for no visible reason that she can
understand).
At present exploring the mysteries of Northumberland, although if
there is a place she could call true home, it would be Venice…while the fields
of Waterloo hold a certain resonance for her as well…
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