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The elderly owner of a Swiss bank has been murdered, the bank’s ownership diverted towards a retired British Intelligence officer. The bank comes complete with its own commercial espionage unit, now in the middle of a small war. No one is who they seem, and they all have an agenda. “Groups within groups, secrets inside secrets, lies on top of . . .
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In 1944, Willy Horvitz was a brilliant young physicist. Fervently anti-Nazi, he was coerced into leading a research and development effort to design and build a revolutionary new aircraft to turn the tide of the war. Adopted as an orphaned American boy by a wealthy German industrialist, Willy was haunted throughout his life by the tragic loss of his mother. . . .
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On August 15, 2110 at 0927 ZULU, the asteroid body Volstock 22-AAE collided with the Earth fifty-one kilometers north of the Los Angeles metropolis in what was then the province of the same name. The asteroid wasn’t particularly large, only a little over one hundred and twenty meters at its widest, and even though the asteroid in and of . . .
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Welcome to Crescent Manor. Where the rent is cheap and your neighbours are dead to the world.—The Landlord Mark and Nathan Connor are twins, but in name only. There is little to connect them, save their current residence in Crescent Manor, an old building situated in the centre of a mid-sized city. They are unaware the tenants of . . .
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SIMON COLTRAINE is a professional songwriter and musician. His brother GILES, trader, rogue and amiable bully, is a crook. When Giles is killed in a car accident Simon returns to their childhood home to confront his memories and his own complicity in his brother’s schemes. . . .
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Murder, money, shipwrecks, and storms. Chasing the big one means staying one step ahead of trouble. Bobby Rafferty escapes custody in Canada and goes on the run to Mexico, taking his young daughter with him. But he soon realizes he’s jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Homeless and broke, he leaves his daughter in the safety of . . .
[May 4 2010. Note: I reviewed this story when there was only 10 episodes up. Now that Season 1 has drawn to a close at 34 episodes, I thought to update my original review to reflect the story as a whole.]
As is the case with many character-driven stories, 314 Crescent [more . . .]
I’ve been a fan of Jones’ writing for a few years now. Her work is full of black comedy, suspense, memorable characters, and palpable atmosphere. 314 Crescent Manor is no exception.
Mark and Nathan Connor are estranged fraternal twins drifting through life. They know that something’s wrong, but can’t put their [more . . .]