Apr 14 2008
Thriller based in Cornwall
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A NEW crime thriller, set on the mysterious Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, is to be published this month. Written by a well-known west country crime writer, Kelvin I Jones, Witch Jar deals with a series of bizarre and gruesome murders and features the veteran police detective John Bottrell. Bottrell first made his appearance in 2006 in the highly successful novel, Stone Dead, a fast paced occult thriller set in West Cornwall. |
Kelvin Jones is no stranger to the crime genre and the occult, being a renowned authority on Conan Doyle and the Sherlock Holmes stories and the author of numerous books on west country folklore, including a history of Cornish witchcraft. For many years he lived and worked in West Cornwall. Witch Jar uses many well-known Cornish locations, including the town of Helston, to atmospheric effect.
When John Bottrell returns to his beloved Cornwall to recuperate, having inherited a cottage from his mother-in-law, he little realises his analytical abilities will be fully tested. He soon learns that the village of St Sampson is the scene of ongoing rivalry between its eccentric pagan museum owner, Cedric Winston, and the local vicar, Miles Martin. He also learns that his cottage was once the home of a 17th century witch. When the bodies of two teenagers are discovered, their deaths are presumed to be suicides, but when Bottrell meets his old ex met friend, Glenister, he learns that foul play is suspected. And when Winston is discovered in a wood, skewered by a pitchfork, Glenister believes the killer is a psychopath with a penchant for ritual killing. Bus it is Bottrell who finally reveals the shocking truth.
“The novel is a whodunit, but also an occult thriller,” says Kelvin, who also lectures on crime writing at the University of East Anglia. Fast paced, brooding and sinister, this new novel will prove a riveting read for lovers of Cornwall and the crime genre alike. The novel is published by Pegasus Elliott Mackenzie at £7.99.
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