The Desolate Garden (Book) - 3/20/2013 2:00:05 PM
In keeping with centuries of family tradition, Lord Elliot Paterson managed a secret Government bank in Westminster …until one morning, at ten past one, his startled housekeeper found him with a bullet in his head.
A few years earlier he had discovered a 1936 bank ledger revealing a questionable Russian address and a missing family fortune. As a result of these revelations, Lord Elliot formed a probable but dangerous hypothesis. Was this hypothesis what prompted the banker’s death? If so, the next Lord Paterson wants to uncover who instigated the murder?
Harry Paterson’s road to the answer is considerably more complicated than he expected. Not only is it complex (spanning many years of his family’s past as well as international borders) but it is also dangerous in an unexpected way. The case officer is an unlikely individual; an enigmatic and captivating young woman, Judith Meadows. Probing, sharp, with an unsettling knowledge of his family affairs - is Judith is a nightmare, or a dream? Whichever, the two must piece together the puzzle before another meets the late Lord Elliot’s fate.
“The Desolate Garden” by Danny Kemp is a fresh spy mystery providing entertainment, stimulation and insight. Brilliantly constructed, the winding plot, stealthy loopholes and clever humour render this novel one that claims your attention, holding it captive until the final page. With its vivid descriptions, three-dimensional characters and accessible prose, ‘The Desolate Garden’ can be thoroughly enjoyed by a wide spectrum of readers.
It has been likened, not unnaturally, to some English classics such as The 39 Steps, The Third Man and The Constant Gardener. Like those novels, The Desolate Garden is to be made into a film.
The Prophecy. (Short Story) - 3/27/2013 5:03:51 AM
This sounds so very interesting.....
Love ya!
Jane
Per la Rinascita del Romanticismo (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 5:28:24 AM
So beautiful and delicate a poem which carries volumes of emotion.
Love ya!
Jane
Along The Way. (Poetry) - 2/8/2013 5:50:52 PM
Danny,
We all will reach that road, that final bend. With all the pain in my body I think I will rejoice in it.
Blessings,
Linda+
Along The Way. (Poetry) - 2/5/2013 8:25:09 PM
No better advise could be given! I will save this poem. Thank you.
Love ya!
Jane
Along The Way. (Poetry) - 2/5/2013 1:26:28 PM
Wise words. I recall fishing with my grandfather. We had fancy spin cast rods and reels and were beating up and down the banks for fish. Grandfather was content to attend a chalk line hoping to catch a catfish or turtle for supper. We asked him what he had to look forward to, and he said, “I'm just waiting for Jehovah to come and get me.”
That one statement had more meaning than any of the stories he told us of his youth.
Ron
Along The Way. (Poetry) - 2/5/2013 10:40:27 AM
sage advise from the one going on away
budd
