The Rose in the Wheel by S.K. Rizzolo
Book 1 in John Chase Regency Mystery Series
Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, 337 pages
Poisoned Pen Press
ISBN-10: 1464200521
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
Genre: Historical Mystery/Regency
Book Blurb:
"This well imagined, carefully detailed, and cleverly plotted debut draws on actual historical events of 1811 London.
Regency London knows Constance Tyrone as the conspicuously celibate founder of the St. Catherine Society, dedicated to helping poor women. One wet November evening a carriage mows down Constance outside her office. Curiously, while her corpse’s one foot is bare, the other is shod in a clean satin slipper despite the muddy road. Why was a gentlewoman abroad in the night? And if she died under the wheel, whose hands bruised her neck and stole her monogrammed crucifix?
Dismissing the idea of an accident, Bow Street Runner John Chase forms an unlikely alliance with Penelope Wolfe, wife of the chief suspect. A young mother paying the price for an imprudent marriage, Penelope is eager to clear her husband Jeremy, a feckless portrait painter whose salacious drawings of the victim suggest an erotic interest. Chase’s first task is to learn the identity of the mysterious benefactor who goes bail for Wolfe while Penelope traces the victim’s last movements. Barrister Edward Buckler, intrigued, shakes off his habitual lethargy and joins their investigation.
As horrifying murders on the Ratcliffe Highway claim all London’s attention, the trio discovers that it won’t be easy to unravel the enigma of Constance Tyrone, a woman who revives the legend of martyred St. Catherine."
Here are some choices for purchasing the book: Amazon, B&N, RJ Julia (my fav indie bookstore).
Blood for Blood by S.K. Rizzolo
Book 2 in John Chase Regency Mystery Series
Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, 305 pages
Poisoned Pen Press
ISBN-10: 1590580540
Publication Date: April 15, 2003
Genre: Historical Mystery/Regency
Book Blurb:
"In the spring of 1812, the Luddites are on the march, Lord Byron is taking London drawing rooms by storm, and Penelope Wolfe has become a lady’s companion. When one of the footmen turns up dead with a knife to the heart, Penelope and Bow Street Runner John Chase are entangled in a web of family secrets and political conspiracy that stretches far beyond luxurious St. James’s Square.
With the help of barrister Edward Buckler, Chase follows the trail of a mysterious mad woman caught peeping in the window at the corpse. Penelope struggles to fit into the fashionable world, encountering people who hide resentment and deceit under smooth smiles.
Set against a backdrop of millennial fervor with thousands awaiting the end of the world, BLOOD FOR BLOOD explores the simple truth that every drop of blood spilled will be avenged."
Here are some choices for purchasing the book: Amazon, B&N, RJ Julia (my fav indie bookstore).
Die I Will Not by S.K. Rizzolo
Book 3 in John Chase Regency Mystery Series
Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, 275 pages
Poisoned Pen Press
ISBN-10: 1464203245
Publication Date: November 4, 2014
Genre: Historical Mystery/Regency
Book Blurb:
"Unhappy wife and young mother Penelope Wolfe fears scandal for her family and worse. A Tory newspaper editor has been stabbed while writing a reply to the latest round of letters penned by a firebrand calling himself Collatinus. Twenty years before, her father, the radical Eustace Sandford, wrote as Collatinus before he fled London just ahead of accusations of treason and murder. A mysterious beauty closely connected to Sandford and known only as N.D. had been brutally slain, her killer never punished. The seditious new Collatinus letters that attack the Prince Regent in the press also seek to avenge N.D.’s death and unmask her murderer. What did the journalist know that provoked his death?
Her artist husband Jeremy is no reliable ally, so Penelope turns anew to lawyer Edward Buckler and Bow Street Runner John Chase. As she battles public notoriety, Buckler and Chase put their careers at risk to stand behind her while pursuing various lines of inquiry aimed at N.D.’s murderer, a missing memoir, Royal scandal, and the dead editor’s missing wife. As they navigate the dark underbelly of Regency London among a cast driven by dirty politics and dark passions, as well as by decency and a desire for justice, past secrets and present criminals are exposed, upending Penelope’s life and the lives of others."
Here are some choices for purchasing the book: Amazon, B&N, RJ Julia (my fav indie bookstore).
About the Author:
S.K. Rizzolo is a longtime Anglophile and history enthusiast. Set in Regency England, The Rose in the Wheel and Blood for Blood are the first two novels in her series about a Bow Street Runner, an unconventional lady, and a melancholic barrister. An English teacher, Rizzolo has earned an M.A. in literature and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
You can find S.K. Rizzolo’s at the following sites: website, Facebook, and Goodreads.
You can follow along with the rest of the tour by visiting the HFVBT site or on Twitter with the following hashtag: #JohnChaseSeriesBookBlast.
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Tuesday, November 4
Reading Lark
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Wednesday, November 5
CelticLady’s Reviews
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Thursday, November 6
The Lit Bitch
Historical Tapestry
Friday, November 7
Passages to the Past
Caroline Wilson Writes
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The Maiden’s Court
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Sunday, November 9
Brooke Blogs
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Monday, November 10
Layered Pages
With Her Nose Stuck in a Book
Tuesday, November 11
To Read or Not to Read
Wednesday, November 12
Just One More Chapter
Thursday, November 13
A Book Geek
100 Pages a Day
Friday, November 14
Peeking Between the Pages
Saturday, November 15
Mel’s Shelves
Historical Fiction Connection
Sunday, November 16
Book Nerd
Tour Wide Giveaway:
As part of the HFVBT Book Blast for the John Chase Regency Mystery Series a giveaway for the complete series is being hosted across the participating tours. If you enter on one site, you will be entered across all of the sites.
- To win all three books in S.K. Rizzolo’s John Chase Regency Mystery Series please complete the Rafflecopter giveaway form below. Giveaway is open internationally.
- Giveaway ends at 11:59pm on November 16th. You must be 18 or older to enter.
- Winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter on November 17th and notified via email by the tour coordinator.
- Winner have 48 hours to claim prize or new winner is chosen.
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