But...because of that, you might have missed whole segments of my work. Over the next few days, I plan to tour what I’ve done. If you see something that sounds interesting, check it out.
We’ll start with my historicals. I was a history/English/speech teacher in my career, so when I decided to write, I turned to my favorite place and era, Tudor England. My sleuths are a physician’s son, Simon Maldon, and Elizabeth Tudor, who begins the series as Princess Elizabeth and ends as Queen Elizabeth I.
The history behind the mysteries is accurate and compelling. In Book #1, Her Highness’ First Murder, Elizabeth is royal but problematic, since her mother, Anne Boleyn, has been beheaded. In Book #2, Poison, Your Grace, she has been demoted because her brother, King Edward, considers both Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate. In Book #3, The Lady Flirts with Death, Mary rules, so Elizabeth is imprisoned and quite likely to be killed. In the last book, Her Majesty’s Mischief, she has survived all those perils and is Queen of England.
Simon’s life is less dramatic, but he can’t seem to avoid getting involved in solving murders. The titles describe not only Elizabeth’s path in life, but also the crimes to be solved. For example, there is more than one “lady” flirting with death in Book Three and more than one “majesty” up to mischief in Book Four.
Woven in are customs and lifestyle descriptions that will interest readers of historical novels. Simon is an apothecary, so some “cures” are offered that we would blink at. London is a character in itself, bustling with crime and life and surprises.
I boxed the mysteries a few years back as a set for Kindle. (The cover is bad, and I will get around to fixing it.) You can get all 4 of them HERE.