WITCH JAR
by Kelvin I Jones

Following the untimely death of his wife, John Bottrell was ready for a quiet retirement in Cornwall when he moved into derelict Yew Tree Cottage. Little did he know what secrets of the occult world would be uncovered from the legacy left to him.

He was determined to find out what was going on in Hob's Wood and unravel the psychic disturbances and tales of witchcraft plaguing the village. But when four local people died in very suspicious circumstances, it brought him into contact with colleagues from his past and helped him finally lay to rest the ghost of Mother Lakeland.

A fast-paced, occult thriller from the author of Stone Dead and Flowers of Evil.

WITCH JAR is published by imprint Vanguard Press. You can order a copy of WITCH JAR , through Pegasus Publishers or send a cheque for £9.49 (includes P&P) to Oakmagic Publications, 33A Red Lion Yard, Aylsham, NORWICH NR11 6LW.

FLOWERS OF EVIL
by Kelvin I Jones
Publication Date 21 April 2008

She had no need to silence it, no need to strap the tape around its mouth, to suffocate its screams. Its coldness and stillness brought her temporary comfort. It helped assuage the terrible need that drove her to unspeakable acts.

When the badly decomposed body of an unidentifiable woman is found in the long-abandoned garden of a large Victorian house in Bristol during the long, hot summer of 1976, the initially puzzled police struggle to make much headway with the cold case. But, using a cautious blend of forensics, psychology and good old-fashioned police work, a sequence of events begins to unravel; a series of careless acts, of coldly-made, long-forgotten decisions that in the endless heat have caused to blossom and flourish again the flowers of evil.

The Flowers of Evil is permeated with the gritty, dry heat of that memorable seventies summer in a vividly captured Bristol of decaying Victorian villas, treasured secrets and fractured people, struggling to connect their past with the present.

FLOWERS OF EVIL is published by imprint Vanguard Press on 21 April 2008. You can order a copy of FLOWERS OF EVIL, through Pegasus Publishers or send a cheque for £9.49 (includes P&P) to Oakmagic Publications, 33A Red Lion Yard, Aylsham, NORWICH NR11 6LW.

ODIN'S EYE
by Kelvin I Jones

Ben and Maggie discover a barrow during a seaside break. Exploring the burial chamber Ben finds a Viking sword. They can make nothing of the inscription along its blade, but, unbeknownst to them, the dead Viking has heirs who know only too well. Aided by the gift of a crucifix from a mysterious smith, Ben finds himself stalked by deadly adversaries both natural and supernatural. Lured out of her way by the sinister Freda, Maggie must find her brother before he pays the ultimate price for discovering the darkest secret of the Dark Ages.

Viking myth meets modern-day menace in a chilling climax full of mystery and horror, where folklore lives and the Old Gods have still to die.

Norfolk-based author, Kelvin I Jones, is a crime writer and has written extensively on English folklore. He has also written a book on the runes and for many years was a professional storyteller in Cornwall where he entertained groups of school children with tales of ghosts and legends.

ODIN'S EYE is published by imprint Nightingale Books. You can order a copy of ODIN'S EYE (ISBN: 9781903491522, price £6.99, paperback) through Amazon.co.uk or Pegasus Publishers or send a cheque for £8.49 (includes P&P) to Oakmagic Publications, 33A Red Lion Yard, Aylsham, NORWICH NR11 6LW.

STONE DEAD
by Kelvin I Jones

A dark tale of intrigue and obsession, set in West Cornwall. STONE DEAD, a crime novel by author Kelvin I Jones, tells the story of how a detective travels to Cornwall to escape the memory of his wife's death, but little realises that he will soon be embroiled in a web of murder, witchcraft and the occult. When the naked body of a young woman is found on a footpath, suspicion falls on her boyfriend. But when the detective applies his analytical skills to the activities of the local pagan community he is forced to revise his opinion.

Described as "murder with an occult twist", the novel is published by Robert Hale at £16.99.

You can order a copy of STONE DEAD ( ISBN 0709079702, price £16.99 hardback) through Amazon.co.uk, via Robert Hale at enquire@halebooks.com
or send a cheque for £19.30 (includes P&P) to Oakmagic Publications, 33A Red Lion Yard, Aylsham, NORWICH NR11 6LW.

CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. DUE IN PAPERBACK IN 2008.

The Phantom Hound

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories. In this collection of critical essays, Kelvin I Jones, author of Conan Doyle and the Spirits, The Sherlock Holmes Murder File and numerous works on the Holmes saga, explains the inception of Doyle's Gothic crime story. He reveals how The Hound began life as an East Anglian legend. He also shows how the dark symbolism of the tale was based largely on Doyle's own troubled psyche. This wide-sweeping survey of one of the most famous novels in English crime literature includes an original short story based on the Legend of Black Shuck, East Anglia's hell hound, which features Doyle as the master sleuth.

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