Book 3 in Paltoquet series published
More information: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Possession-November-Jones-Paltoquet/dp/1497324432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400745831&sr=8-1&keywords=the+possession+of+november+jones
About the Book:
The Reverend Bernard Paltoquet and Dr Robbie MacTavish, together with their mutual friend, medium and clairvoyant Dorothy Plunkett, are drawn into the lives of a family whose tragic story is traced back to violent events that took place back in the London of 1887.
November (Nova) Jones, a pretty but troubled twenty-year-old, enters the lives of Robbie and Bernard in the winter of 1962 when she seeks medical advice from the former and spiritual guidance from the latter. An unlikely bond develops between Bernard and Nova, which sees the meek vicar of the parish of St Stephen\’s the unlikely object of desire of two females, the other being his old friend Dorothy.
Against this backdrop enters an old lady looking for her roots, a quest that unites her with a cousin she never knew she had and a close friend she only meets a few months before that friend dies.
Another important player in this story is a rather unsavoury character called Ted who is also searching for his roots, as well as for a grandchild he has never met.
The story begins back in late Victorian London with the fortunes of two young prostitutes who share the house of a well-to-do toff, Edward Moreland, who goes around saving fallen women. The trouble is both these women have babies – one by his brother Charles, and the other by Edward himself. These complications unravel in a dramatic way which lead, eventually, to the denouement of the story in 1962.
November Jones eventually learns why she is being possessed by a spirit in the big house in Wandsworth she shares with her boyfriend and two other couples, and how this links to the past history of the house and the eventual uncovering of events that took place there nearly a hundred years ago.
Meanwhile Bernard Paltoquet dithers between the two women who wish to become part of his life and finally gets what he deserves…
Titles in the Reverend Paltoquet Mystery Series are:
The Bockhampton Road Murders
Haunted Christmas
The Possession of November Jones
The Witches of Wandsworth
So Long at the Fair
The Man Who Was Death
The Dark Side of the Mirror
About the Author:
Pat Herbert lives in London, England. She worked as a typist for a publishing company, based in Blackfriars, then trained to become a Chartered Librarian before working for British Gypsum in London’s West End. She was always interested in returning to publishing and took on the job of PA to the Managing Director of Thomson Books, which owned publishers including Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph and Sphere at the time, before they were taken over by Penguin.
Since then, Pat worked in recruitment and she is currently working part-time for a private cardiac clinic, and writes during her spare time (with her boss’s permission, of course). She is now writing the next suspenseful novel in the Paltoquet mystery series which is entitled “Sleeping With the Dead”.
Pat loves reading modern crime novels mainly (Peter James, Peter Robinson, Ruth Rendell) and she has an extensive film library. She was brought up in a cinema as her mother was an usherette, and many of her Paltoquet books lend themselves to the big screen.
THE POSSESSION OF NOVEMBER JONES can be ordered on Amazon UK at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Possession-November-Jones-Paltoquet/dp/1497324432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400745831&sr=8-1&keywords=the+possession+of+november+jones
Press/media Contact Details:
Literary Agent:
Darin Jewell, Managing Director, The Inspira Group Literary Agency, 5 Bradley Road, Enfield, England EN3 6ES
Tel. 0208 292 5163
E-mail: darin@theinspiragroup.com
Further information: British Mystery Writer Pat Herbert republishes “The Possession of November Jones” – visit www.amazon.co.uk/The-Possession-November-Jones-Paltoquet/dp/1497324432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400745831&sr=8-1&keywords=the+possession+of+november+jones