Congratulations to
Leah Welch, winner of last week's Friday Freebie:
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy.
This week's book giveaway is
Bristol House, the new novel by Beverly Swerling (author of the "City" series:
City of Promise: A Novel of New York's Gilded Age,
City of God: A Novel of Passion and Wonder in Old New York,
City of Glory: A Novel of War and Desire in Old Manhattan, and
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan). Here's how the publisher describes
Bristol House: In the tradition of Kate Mosse, a swiftly-paced mystery that stretches from
modern London to Tudor England. In modern-day London, architectural
historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around
and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient
Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, is soon drawn into her quest,
both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom
Foundation, the organization sponsoring her work. He’s also a dead ringer for
the ghost of a monk Annie believes she has seen at the flat she is subletting in
Bristol House. In 1535, Tudor London is a very different city, one in
which monks are being executed by Henry VIII and Jews are banished. In this
treacherous environment of religious persecution, Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk,
and a goldsmith known as the Jew of Holborn must navigate a shadowy world of
intrigue involving Thomas Cromwell, Jewish treasure, and sexual secrets. Their
struggles shed light on the mysteries Annie and Geoff aim to puzzle out—at their
own peril. This riveting dual-period narrative seamlessly blends a
haunting supernatural thriller with vivid historical fiction. Beverly Swerling,
widely acclaimed for her City of Dreams series, delivers a bewitching and epic
story of a historian and a monk, half a millennium apart, whose destinies are on
a collision course.
But wait! There's more! The publisher has thrown a couple more goodies into this week's giveaway. This week's winner will also receive a bar of lavender soap and some candy. Sweet!
If you'd like a chance at winning a copy of this special
Bristol House prize package, all you have to
do is email your name and mailing address to
thequiveringpen@gmail.com.
Put FRIDAY
FREEBIE in the e-mail subject line. One entry per person, please. Despite its
name, the Friday Freebie runs all week long and remains open to entries until
midnight on May 16, at which time I'll draw the winning name. I'll announce the
lucky reader on May 17.
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