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Book Brief: Tea Cups & Tiger Claws

Tea Cups And Tiger ClawsTea Cups and Tiger Claws
by Timothy Patrick
Genre: Suspense, Women’s Fiction
120,000 words

First comes the miracle and then comes the madness. The miracle is the birth of identical triplets, and the madness is all about money, of course. The year is 1916 and the newborn baby girls have become pint-size celebrities. Unfortunately, this small portion of fame soon leads to a much larger portion of greed, and the triplets are split up — parceled out to the highest bidders. Two of the girls go to live in a hilltop mansion. The third girl isn’t so lucky. She ends up with a shady family that lives in an abandoned work camp. That’s how their lives begin: two on top, one on the bottom, and all three in the same small town. And when their worlds collide, as they must, the consequences are extreme.

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Saturday Book Showcase: Tea Cups & Tiger Claws

Tea Cups And Tiger ClawsTea Cups and Tiger Claws
by Timothy Patrick
4.0 average rating from 315 reviews
447 pages

First comes the miracle and then comes the madness. The miracle is the birth of identical triplets, and the madness is all about money, of course. The year is 1916 and the newborn baby girls have become pint-size celebrities. Unfortunately, this small portion of fame soon leads to a much larger portion of greed, and the triplets are split up—parceled out to the highest bidders. Two of the girls go to live in a hilltop mansion. The third girl isn’t so lucky. She ends up with a shady family that lives in an abandoned work camp. That’s how their lives begin: two on top, one on the bottom, and all three in the same small town. And when their worlds collide, as they must, the consequences are extreme.

Tea Cups and Tiger Claws is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Amazon UK.

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Featured Book: Tea Cups & Tiger Claws

Tea Cups And Tiger ClawsTea Cups and Tiger Claws
by Timothy Patrick
Genres: literature, women’s fiction, suspense
Available from Amazon

In 1916, the birth of identical triplets excites a small town. Soon the sisters are split up — two are sent to live in a mansion, and the third is abandoned in a work camp. Over the next 50 years, their lives will intersect in surprising ways. A fascinating novel about love, ambition, and the dark impulses of human nature.

Book Excerpt:

“And what do we have here?” came the low, sinister voice that sounded like bubbling sludge. Sarah struggled to her feet and saw Dorthea at the top of the canyon. Her gown sparkled in the firelight. “Of course it had to be you,” said Dorthea, “because you’re the little nothing who knows how to hang on. Your name isn’t worth a line in the phone book, so you hang on to a better one. Your house isn’t fit for a dog, so you hang on to Sunny Slope Manor.” Dorthea pointed a gun at Sarah. “Fleas and ticks know how to hang on, but they still don’t belong. And neither do you.” She aimed and fired. Sarah saw the bright flash, heard the loud crack, and heard frightened screams coming from up at the house, but didn’t feel any pain; nothing at all. The shot had missed. Dorthea pulled back the hammer and aimed again…

What others are saying:

“This is a smart and savvy novel that will draw readers in from its first page. I highly recommend it.” – Kacunnin, Vine Voice, Top 500 Reviewer

Book Brief: Murder by Misrule

Murder by Misrule eBook Cover MediumMurder by Misrule
by Anna Castle
Genre: Fiction – Historical Mystery
Word count: 89,000

Francis Bacon must find out who is murdering barristers in Elizabethan London before he becomes the next victim.

Francis Bacon is charged with investigating the murder of a fellow barrister at Gray’s Inn. He recruits his unwanted protégé Thomas Clarady to do the tiresome legwork. The son of a privateer, Clarady will do anything to climb the Elizabethan social ladder. Bacon’s powerful uncle Lord Burghley suspects Catholic conspirators of the crime, but other motives quickly emerge. Rival barristers contend for the murdered man’s legal honors and wealthy clients. Highly-placed courtiers are implicated as the investigation reaches from Whitehall to the London streets. Bacon does the thinking; Clarady does the fencing. Everyone has something up his pinked and padded sleeve. Even the brilliant Francis Bacon is at a loss — and in danger — until he sees through the disguises of the season of Misrule.

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