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Faith Mortimer

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It's here!: Latest novel, "THE SURGEON'S BLADE". The third book in the Diana Rivers Mystery Thriller Series.

Amazon best sellers: Children of The Plantation, The Assassins' Village, The Crossing, The Bamboo Mirror (Anthology of short mystery/ghost/thriller stories).

Children of The Plantation; Another Diana Rivers mystery. After discovering the truth surrounding the bloody murders in, “The Assassins’ Village”, our sexy, feisty sleuth and heroine, Diana Rivers and her partner Steve, decide they deserve a holiday. Trying to relax at their luxurious palm fringed plantation hotel in lush, tropical Malaysia; things don’t quite work out as they imagined.
Diana is approached by the hotel owner, the enigmatic Mi...more


Picture Good Day!

I really should be saying ‘good week’ as what a week it’s been. There have been more ups and downs here in Chez Mortimer than found on a snakes and ladders board or even the proverbial actress’ knickers. I’ve even hardly found the time to write a new blog post because my time has been eaten up! Anyway I’m here now and I’ve managed to squeeze a few things down on paper!

I’ve got so m... read more »
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Published on May 26, 2012 08:44 • 105 views
Average rating: 3.93 · 97 ratings · 51 reviews · 9 distinct works
The Assassins' Village
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Children of the Plantation
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Crossing
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The Surgeon's Blade
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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The Bamboo Mirror
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Echoes of Life and Love
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The Bamboo Mirror
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The Assassins' Village Children of the Plantation The Surgeon's Blade
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Children of The Plantation (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Sep 21, 2011 04:06am
Description: After discovering the truth surrounding the bloody murders in, “The Assassins’ Village”, our sexy, feisty sleuth and heroine, Diana Rivers and her partner Steve, decide they deserve a holiday. Trying to relax at their luxurious palm fringed plantation hotel in lush, tropical Malaysia; things don’t quite work out as they imagined. Diana is approached by the hotel owner, the enigmatic Miss Chalcot, well-bred, imperious and secretive, to take a look through some old family documents. Miss Chalcot possesses a burning ambition to put right a dreadful wrong that occurred over forty years ago – and Diana is given free rein to pursue the mysterious past of the family and discover what lies behind the dark stories. Diana enters into a world of the 1950’s and 1960’s, where lies, deceit, illicit love, jealousies and perhaps murder all feature. What really happened all those years ago? Who were Paul, Hermione and the beautiful but selfish Eleanor? Who was responsible for events that shocked the whole family and plunged it into despair? And what is the real story behind the façade? Will Diana triumph against all odds yet again? I challenge you to guess before the final curtain.
The Crossing (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated May 07, 2011 06:10am
Description: This is an Historical fiction that is based on fact, set in the present and WW2. It involves a father and son's lives and the parallels that are drawn in similar situations. It is a fast action adventure set amidst present day, misadventure, and the horrors of wartime action and prison life. A brief synopsis: Richard is a successful businessman. He and Connie his wife, are about to embark on a lifelong ambition - to sail across the mighty Atlantic on their luxury yacht. As they are joined by an old friend, things don't quite work out as planned. There is a catastrophe at sea and Richard is left devastated. He meets up with an old flame who introduces him to an American girl. She has a mystery to tell him. There is then a flashback to WW2 and Richard's father enters the story. He is a wartime sailor serving on a Motor Torpedo Boat. It is his daring rescue of his injured captain that ultimately lands him in a POW camp in Germany. His life then is spent trying to escape Nazi Germany and getting back home to his darling girl, Penny. His story of friendship and survival in the prison of war camps against all odds, helps his son Richard to begin to understand about his own recovery and that life must go on. Based on a true incident. This tale is a powerful and emotive story of love and passion spanning 2 generations. It is an utterly compelling read and takes a very different approach to subjects that are normally the preserve of male authors.
The Assassins' Village (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated May 07, 2011 06:05am
Description: Bound and gagged, the shocked and terrified victim recognises his assailant. Days later, another body is discovered. How many assassins stalk the village? In a picturesque Cypriot village an expatriate theatrical group gather to discuss their next play; but when the curtain rises it’ll be murder. A blackmailer stalks the cast – a group riven with jealousies, rivalry, sexual tension and illicit affairs. Unbeknownst to each other they all attempt to find solutions to their problems. Some believe it lies in murder. Can they find the blackmailer? And can they find that all important ‘little black book’ – the chronicle of their misdeeds. When a body is discovered, Diana, a cast member, turns detective to draw up a suspects list. After the police get involved one of the suspects is found hanged - another murder or the suicide of a guilty person? A visit to a villager’s home uncovers an ancient assassin’s weapon. Could this be the murder weapon? Is it possible that an assassin lives at the heart of this formerly peaceful and idyllic village? Love, hate, murder and high drama all feature in this classic historical detective story. With a long list of suspects, some dramatic twists and the odd red herring, the reader is left guessing until the final curtain falls.

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At last I've finished this bumper book from the splendid writer, Reginald Hill. Hill has an amazing way with words and setting the scene. For the duration of the book I WAS there, mixed up in the murders and gore of that Yorkshire man and his police...more
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"My pleasure Pam I really enjoyed it and only sorry I forgot to post the review on here before now! "
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This Last Summer by Tania Tirraoro
This Last Summer
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Tania has chosen some interesting topics for her novel, This Last Summer and on the whole I believe she handled herself very well.
This is a good in-depth family drama and we, as the reader are gradually introduced to each aspect as it naturally occur...more
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Feathers by Kristina Jackson
Feathers
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Can I first say that normally I dislike short stories, preferring to get my teeth into a full-length novel.
However, as soon as I picked up Kristina Jackson's book and read the first few pages I knew I was on to something different. Reading the author...more
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Lock Up Your Daughters by Mira Kolar-Brown
Lock Up Your Daughters (Simon Grant Mysteries)
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Excellent, very detailed murder mystery with lots of sub plots - highly recommended

Lock up Your Daughters - an exciting and taut psychological thriller, featuring policeman Simon Grant and entourage.

From the beginning pages the story unfolds, with ma...more
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Set the Night on Fire by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Set the Night on Fire
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A Thrilling Sixties Trip and More!

Libby Fischer Hellmann's first stand-alone novel, Set the Night on Fire was a great find. The novel set in the sixties and present is part historical, part thriller and part family drama. Ms Hellmann portrayed the 19...more
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How To Dump Your Boyfriend in the Men's Room by Sibel Hodge
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Well Ms Hodge, you've certainly gone and done it again! A fun little book complete with anecdotes, short stories and don't let's forget the fab chocoholic recipe! Delicious!

Sibel has a real talent to amuse, as a famous writer once said (Noel Coward)....more
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What a super read! I've always loved Peter Pan and this wonderful story made into a comedy/contemporary mystery is quite unique.

Wendy and the Lost Boys has an intriguing plot and wonderful sparkling characters providing excellent reading.

As a mystery...more
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“Surely a pen is like a blade; if it is not used then it becomes dull.”
Faith Mortimer

“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body. No, don't blush, I am telling you some truths. That is just being "in love", which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.”
Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin

“Where does it all begin? History has no beginnings, for everything that happens becomes the cause or pretext for what occurs afterwards, and this chain of cause and pretext stretches back to the Palaeolithic age, when the first Cain of one tribe murdered the first Abel of another. All war is fratricide, and there is therefore an infinite chain of blame that winds its circuitous route back and forth across the path and under the feet of every people and every nation, so that a people who are the victims of one time become the victimisers a generation later, and newly liberated nations resort immediately to the means of their former oppressors. The triple contagions of nationalism, utopianism and religious absolutism effervesce together into an acid that corrodes the moral metal of a race, and it shamelessly and even proudly performs deeds that it would deem vile if they were done by any other.”
Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it.”
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message 21: by Robert

Robert Thanks for accepting my friend request, Faith.


message 20: by Douglas

Douglas Wickard Faith, thank you for your Goodreads friendship! I will definitely be checking out your work!
Douglas


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Faith Mortimer Savannah wrote: "Faith, thank you for the friendship..."

Pleasure Savannah!


Savannah Faith, thank you for the friendship...


Harlequin Books Hello Faith, it is a pleasure to meet you. If you ever have any questions about Harlequin or our books, please feel free to ask.

Kim S, Harlequin Books ambassador


message 16: by Dax

Dax Tucker Hi Faith I see you have added some Shakespeare works to your reading list. I think you would appreciate and enjoy my epic poem, The Leaf Catcher, as the entire story is composed of iambic pentameter and the terza rima verse style of Dante's inferno, while imparting a timeless tale of a father teaching his son true values in life and the power of perception.


Jonathan Shaw thanks for the SET THE WORLD ON FIRE book recomendation.


message 14: by Simon

Simon Thanks for seeking me out, Faith.


message 13: by Stacy

Stacy Juba Hi Faith, thanks for adding me as a friend!


Kensington Roth Hi Faith,

I respectfully would like you to consider my spy-thriller for your next review. "Able Danger" sets the international espionage spectrum of sequels for avid readers and has been adapted to film by the author for moviegoers to view agent Harrison Court-006 on the silver screen. The book-to-film project is in development for production. I can provide the PDF file for your review. I value your consideration and await your response.

Regards,
Kensington RothAble Danger Able Danger


message 11: by Faith

Faith Mortimer Shalonda wrote: "The new year is here and I believe that you will see great things. How are you? I hope that all is well."

Hi Shalonda,

And a Happy New Year to you too! We are all well here, busy as ever. Not least trying to finalise the edits on my latest book. Then I start the even harder task of finding a new agent.


Shalonda Williams The new year is here and I believe that you will see great things. How are you? I hope that all is well.


message 9: by Faith

Faith Mortimer Shalonda wrote: "Hey Faith. Thanks for the friendship. Just wanting to stop and say hi. I added your book to my goodreads authors listmania. Much Success.


Shalonda "Treasure" Williams
Author of [book:PurposeFull ..."

Hi Shalonda,

Thank you so much for adding my book to your Goodreads Listmania and for your good wishes.Its nice to make friends-keep in touch.
Regards
Faith



Shalonda Williams Hey Faith. Thanks for the friendship. Just wanting to stop and say hi. I added your book to my goodreads authors listmania. Much Success.


Shalonda "Treasure" Williams
Author of PurposeFull You


message 7: by Kate

Kate Pinn Thank you for the friend add =D


message 6: by Faith

Faith Mortimer Claudia wrote: "Hi Faith!
Thanks for the friend request. Your book looks and sounds very interesting! Maybe I'll win a copy! :) If not I can always do what everyone else does and BUY one, right?
Cheers!"

Hi Claudia,

I've been following your comments with Johanna, so thought I'd ask to be your friend too. Hope you win a copy of my novel if not then...!
regards
Faith



message 5: by Claudia (last edited Sep 04, 2009 06:37am)

Claudia Osmond Hi Faith!
Thanks for the friend request. Your book looks and sounds very interesting! Maybe I'll win a copy! :) If not I can always do what everyone else does and BUY one, right?
Cheers!


message 4: by Faith

Faith Mortimer Ilyn wrote: "Hello Faith,

How are you? Thank you for being my friend. Good fortune on The Crossing. I wish you all the best.

Please visit these groups when you have a chance: Happy & Brainy Group, To the ..."

Thank you I'll certainly do that. All best wishes
regards
Faith



message 3: by Faith

Faith Mortimer Ilyn wrote: "Hello Faith,

How are you? Thank you for being my friend. Good fortune on The Crossing. I wish you all the best.

Please visit these groups when you have a chance: Happy & Brainy Group, To the ..."


Hi there,

Thank you for all your good wishes. I hope you enjoy The Crossing when you read it. Please keep me posted.
regards
Faith


message 2: by Ilyn

Ilyn Ross Hello Faith,

How are you? Thank you for being my friend. Good fortune on The Crossing. I wish you all the best.

Please visit these groups when you have a chance: Happy & Brainy Group, To the Glory of Man, Reason Reigns & Royal Serf , and Goodreads Tea Party. Have a wonderful week. Warmest regards.


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