I Published My Fifth Book!

 

     In The Spirit is the fifth novel in my series.  While traveling, our favorite characters stray into an unlikely adventure.  Their attempt at a countryside Christmas in the English Cotswolds goes amiss.  Yet, incidents happen for a reason, and they create entertaining scenarios.  Shady circumstances represent things that often happen in rural areas but are rarely discussed.  With the storyline set in 1947, you will discover many fascinating tidbits: historical and holiday-themed.  

     Here is a snippet of the Foreword:

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In this book, the fifth novel of the series, our favorite characters strayed into an unlikely adventure.  Their attempt at a countryside Christmas in the English Cotswolds went amiss.  Yet, incidents happened for a reason, and they created entertaining scenarios.  As always, I admired Ken’s writing style.  The scenery was vivid, the themes were believable, and the wide range of new characters were fun to learn about.  Details leapt off the page.  Shady circumstances represented things that often happen in rural areas that are rarely discussed.  

 

Speaking of learning, I discovered many fascinating tidbits: historical and holiday-themed.  What one culture assumes is unique to them is actually a byproduct of several cultures, through generations.  Such insights provided the plot with a pleasant undertone of unity.  The Morning Meditations were really helpful.  I like how each of Ken’s books discloses Chinese culture/wisdom.  I anticipated Ken’s wordsmith abilities, and I reveled in acquiring some new puns and vocabulary.  He embellished the dialogue with culturally-specific phrases that fit the setting.  I like how he incorporated the British spellings of words; it helped me visualize the speakers and gave authenticity.  In that vein, his descriptions were chockfull of time-accurate nuances, music, lexicon, and attire.  I got some fashion tips by imagining characters’ outfits!  I treasured several of the songs that I never heard before!  

 

As a skillful novelist, Ken deftly kept all of the characters intertwined in the storyline.  Their banter, teamwork, secrets, and irony made me cringe and laugh.  Their evolution showed how people of all ages/races can have epiphanies.  Just like with his other stories, the timeline of this one whooshed by in only a few days.  I started reading Ken’s authorship with his third novel, so I did not read the first two, yet.  His clever allusions to things that happened in “another story” prompted me to get them.  It was a smart tactic.  As I begin those, I wish you “Happy Reading” with this jaunt into Ken’s realm.  Let the magic begin again. 

 

--Angel 

Please go the link below to get the book:


https://books.apple.com/us/book/in-the-spirit/id1530244782?ls=1

*Here is a link to my previous book:

https://halfwindsorfullthrottle.blogspot.com/2020/02/i-self-published-fourth-novel-in-my.html

     I hope you enjoy the suspense and humor.