Blurb
for The
Palimpsest Murders
Day one: check-in on the Iphigenia, a Boat & Bike home for
thirty guests of diverse backgrounds on a one week excursion through Holland
and Belgium. Personalities clash, conflicts arise.
Day seven: a body is found in canal
waters at the stern of the boat. And then a second body is discovered.
Many questions are asked, but few
answers truly satisfy collective curiosity. Why in the canal? Why two coins for
the ferryman? Who among the cyclists is hateful and motivated enough to kill?
Twice. In what ways are the two murders related? Is the Phoenix jug, both
admired and derided, merely symbolic? How does the gold death mask of Agamemnon
lead to resolution?
Determining truth entails
travelling from Amsterdam to Bruges to Paris to the ancient site of Mycenae in
Greece where what’s past is shown to be prologue.
Blurb
for Shades
of Persephone
Shades of
Persephone is a literary mystery that will entertain those who delight in exotic
settings, foreign intrigue, and the unmasking of mysterious characters. Crete
in 1980-81, more specifically the old Venetian harbour of Chania, provides the
background against which expat Canadian Steven Spire labours in pursuit of
David Montgomery, his enigmatic and elusive mentor, who stands accused in
absentia of treachery and betrayal. The plot has many seams through which
characters slide, another of them being the poet Emma Leigh, widow of
Montgomery’s imposing Cold War adversary, Heinrich Trüger. In that the setting
is Crete, the source of light is manifold, but significant inspiration for
Steven Spire comes from Magalee De Bellefeuille, his vision of Aphrodite and
his muse. “Find Persephone,” she directs him, “and you’ll find David
Montgomery.” Her prompts motivate much
of the narrative, including that of the Cretan underground during the Nazi
occupation, 1941- 45.
Shades
of Persephone presents a story of love and sensuality, deception and war, spiritual
quest and creative endeavour. The resolution takes an unanticipated turn but
comes as no surprise to the discerning reader. Like Hamlet who must deal with
his own character in following the injunctions of his ghostly father, Steven
Spire discovers much about the city to which he has returned, but much more
about himself and his capacity for love.
Blurb
for Séjour
Saint-Louis
Montreal in late nineteenth
century, a gifted young poet falls victim to madness.
Today, a
struggling father is driven to drink over the intransigence of his music-obsessed teenage son. An equally conflicted wife and mother
threatens separation.
What connects these two worlds?
The Victorian fountain in Square Saint-Louis, a
series of seemingly random incidents in the city, and a school reunion where
myth, art, and mysterious e-lixar fuse into dramatic reflections of family
dynamics. Through mirroring, resolution proves possible.
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