Hello Readers,
Thank you, Michael Ward, for reaching out and asking if I would like to review your latest book. This wasn't gifted as the series is available on Kindle Unlimited. Dear Reader I finally did it I have read a series in order who knew I had it in me. Today to launch the week I thought I would spotlight each of the book in the Thomas Tallant Mysteries series with a synopsis, Goodreads link, page count and a link to my review.
Rags of Time
Thomas Tallant, a young and ambitious Spice Merchant, returns from India to find his city in turmoil. A bitter struggle is brewing between King Charles I and Parliament, as England slides into civil war. The capital is simmering with dissent. The conflict is ready to boil over.
But Thomas soon has other troubles to contend with. A
wealthy merchant, Sir Joseph Venell, is savagely killed; then his partner Sir
Hugh Swofford plunges to his death, in the Tallant household.
Suspicion falls on Thomas, who is sucked into a mire of treachery and rumour within the City of London. As the merchant struggles to clear his name, he becomes captivated by the enigmatic Elizabeth Seymour, whose passion for astronomy and mathematics is matched only by her addiction to the gaming tables.
Pursued by the authorities, Thomas races to unmask the
real killer who claims a third victim to implicate him further, toying with his
future in a deadly cat and mouse game. In a desperate race against time,
Elizabeth applies her powers of logic and deduction to unearth the clues that
will point to the killer, but her way is barred by a secret message from the
grave.
Goodreads - 221 pages - Review
The Wrecking Storm
The poisonous dispute pushing King Charles and Parliament towards Civil War is reaching the point of no return. Law and order in the city are collapsing as Puritan radicals demand more concessions from the King. Bishops and lords are attacked in the streets as the Apprentice Boys run amok. Criminal gangs use the disorder to mask their activities while the people of London lock their doors and pray for deliverance.
No one is immune from the contagion. Two Jesuit priests
are discovered in hiding and brutally executed - and soon the family of spice
merchant Thomas Tallant is drawn into the spiral of violence. Tallant's home is
ransacked, his warehouse raided and his sister seized by kidnappers.
Thomas struggles to discover who is responsible, aided by the enigmatic Elizabeth Seymour, a devotee of science, maths and tobacco in equal measure. Together they enter a murky world of court politics, street violence, secret codes and poisoned letters, and confront a vicious gang leader who will stop at nothing to satisfy his greed.
Can Elizabeth use her skills to unpick the mass of
contradictory evidence before the Tallant’s are ruined – both as a business and
a family? And as the fight for London between King and Parliament hurtles to
its dramatic conclusion, can the Tallant’s survive the personal and political
maelstrom?
Goodreads – 218 pages - Review
The Drums of War
The King has fled London with the drums of war ringing in
his ears. Across the country, lines are being drawn and armies raised. Influential
royalist Lady Carlisle switches sides and presses spice trader Thomas Tallant
and his partner Elizabeth Seymour into Parliament's service.
Soon Thomas faces double-dealing in his hunt for a lethal hoard of gunpowder
hidden on the river, while Elizabeth engages in a race against time to locate a
hidden sniper picking off Parliamentary officers at will in the city.
The capital also witnesses a vicious gang of jewel thieves take advantage of
the city’s chaos to go on the rampage, smashing homes and shops, leaving a
trail of destruction in their wake. They hand pick their targets but refrain
from selling any of their loot. There are more questions than answers.
When war finally erupts, Elizabeth is caught in the brutalising carnage of
Edgehill while Thomas joins the Trained Bands in their defence of the city. As
he mans the barricades at Brentford, in a desperate rearguard action to repel
Prince Rupert’s surprise attack, he realises the future of London rests in the
hands of him and a few hundred troopers. Meanwhile, Elizabeth believes she has
identified the jewel thief and goes underground to trace his hoard.
Goodreads – 237 pages - Review
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