Asylett Press announces an exciting new mystery novel by:
R. M I C H A E L P H I L L I P S
R. M I C H A E L P H I L L I P S
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Since the East London Adventurers Club was chartered in 1856 it has enjoyed a brilliant career locating and obtaining antiquities for major British museums. For more than one hundred and fifty years the efforts of the members have been applauded as they traveled the world in search of priceless artifacts, but it was privately that their talents, discretion and anonymity brought about their true reason for being. Even today, when the Crown seeks a quiet inquiry, or delicate matters threaten to disrupt the private lives of affluent British society, a messenger is dispatched to 81B Conduit Street, home to Lord Patterson Coats and the East London Adventurers Club. At times these inquiries draw them down into the shadows of London where their presence is met with contempt and little cooperation. It was for this reason that Patterson Coats, current president of the East London Adventurers Club, sought an individual who could navigate the alleys of London’s underworld, and Ernie Bisquets had just the right qualifications.
It was in the autumn of 2007, and only by chance, that Ernie picked the pocket of His Lordship. But it was by design that he was then introduced into a world where his talents would be used for a greater good. This was the opportunity placed before Ernie. By the time he realized what was happening the attempted theft of a Manet from the Musee d’Orsay, and subsequent investigation, was unfolding around him. It seems villainy is afoot and Lord Patterson Coats has been contacted through back channels to look into the attempted theft of a priceless work of art, which was on loan to the museum from the Royal family. The French police are satisfied the attempt failed, even with the mysterious disappearance of the thief, but Lord Patterson Coats senses a more sinister crime rests just beneath the surface.
Murder and villainy are seldom far from the center of the inquiries of the East London Adventurers Club. It’s an ugly but acceptable byproduct of their business, but not something Ernie Bisquets was accustomed to. He just stepped off the bus on Conduit Street, after a short stay at Edmunds Hill Prison, and it was the last thing he imagined being involved with. What confused him even more was why this group of Mayfair swells would require the services of a common pickpocket?
In “Along Came A Fifer…” this question quickly leads Ernie Bisquets, Patterson Coats and the East London Adventurers Club on a dangerous adventure through the streets of contemporary London and Paris, exposing the darker side of the art world. Phynley Paine is the beautiful but treacherous antagonist in the story. With deceit and maliciousness she manages to stay one step ahead of the Police in her efforts to locate her accomplice, a known London forger. He’s double-crossed her and Phynley Paine has made it very clear that she intends to locate him and retrieve her property at any cost. What she didn’t count on was the intervention of the East London Adventurers Club.
It was in the autumn of 2007, and only by chance, that Ernie picked the pocket of His Lordship. But it was by design that he was then introduced into a world where his talents would be used for a greater good. This was the opportunity placed before Ernie. By the time he realized what was happening the attempted theft of a Manet from the Musee d’Orsay, and subsequent investigation, was unfolding around him. It seems villainy is afoot and Lord Patterson Coats has been contacted through back channels to look into the attempted theft of a priceless work of art, which was on loan to the museum from the Royal family. The French police are satisfied the attempt failed, even with the mysterious disappearance of the thief, but Lord Patterson Coats senses a more sinister crime rests just beneath the surface.
Murder and villainy are seldom far from the center of the inquiries of the East London Adventurers Club. It’s an ugly but acceptable byproduct of their business, but not something Ernie Bisquets was accustomed to. He just stepped off the bus on Conduit Street, after a short stay at Edmunds Hill Prison, and it was the last thing he imagined being involved with. What confused him even more was why this group of Mayfair swells would require the services of a common pickpocket?
In “Along Came A Fifer…” this question quickly leads Ernie Bisquets, Patterson Coats and the East London Adventurers Club on a dangerous adventure through the streets of contemporary London and Paris, exposing the darker side of the art world. Phynley Paine is the beautiful but treacherous antagonist in the story. With deceit and maliciousness she manages to stay one step ahead of the Police in her efforts to locate her accomplice, a known London forger. He’s double-crossed her and Phynley Paine has made it very clear that she intends to locate him and retrieve her property at any cost. What she didn’t count on was the intervention of the East London Adventurers Club.
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Michael is busy working on
the next book in the
Ernie Bisquets Mystery series,
"Rook, Rhyme & Sinker"
the next book in the
Ernie Bisquets Mystery series,
"Rook, Rhyme & Sinker"
Look for it Fall 2010
