3RD RUNNER-UP, UK Novel Writing Competition 2017 LOST ART. MURDER. A COLLECTOR WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING. THE BRODSKY AFFAIR will keep you on the edge of your seat as UK bestselling, and award winning author, Ken Fry, weaves a tale of murder, mystery and intrigue. PRAISE for THE BRODSKY AFFAIR "Brooding, sinister, atmospheric..." "This will make an excellent movie, and as a read it's thrilling, mesmerising and downright entertaining." "The mystery itself is classy and intelligent, and develops into a killer of a finale." Jack Manton, an art dealer, and his partner, Tamsin Greene, did not expect to be targets of assassination attempts. But, when they began to track down the lost paintings of Russian artist, Mikhail Brodsky, now worth millions... that is what happened. An unscrupulous Russian art collector, Berezin, is hot on their trail, and he hires a vicious ex-Soviet agent to follow Manton and use whatever means necessary to steal what he finds. The chase moves from Australia to UK, to Russia and France, as Interpol attempts to unravel a complex trail of murders and art thefts. Jack Manton faces a perilous path of murder and deceit, before Brodsky's last unfinished work is revealed, and its destiny decided at a final confrontation. Get your copy and hop on a rollercoaster ride
A LEGEND TO SLAUGHTER FORA TRUTH TO DIE FOR...Multi-award-winning, British author, Ken Fry, takes readers to the ancient scene of Christ's greatest miracle, to medieval Spain, and back to modern-day Europe. The Lazarus Succession is a modern-day thriller with a spellbinding ancient mystery. For readers of James Rollins and Dan Brown."Although similar in many ways to the books by Dan Brown, I enjoyed it more. At no point does the author over dramatize the story, but with his excellent grasp of the written word he leads us to accept the surreal as perfectly normal and possible. The writing is excellent, the book is a treasure in itself and I would love to award this six stars."--Lucinda E Clarke for READER'S FAVORITE*** Voted BEST INDIE BOOK 2017 (Read Free.ly)*** 2017 New Apple Book Awards Solo Medalist Winner - eBook Suspense Thriller*** 2017 New Apple Summer eBook Awards - Official Selection in Historical Fiction*** 2017 IAN Book of the Year Awards WINNER in Christian/Religious Fiction._____________________________________________________________ON TO THE STORY...According to legend, Annas Zevi, an artist who witnessed the raising of Lazarus, was told by Christ to paint what he saw. Since then, a sacred line of artists had been chosen in an unbroken succession. Each one painting a depiction of the miracle. Each work vanishing until the next successor is appointed. They were rumoured to be sacred icons with miraculous powers.International Art Recovery Experts, Broderick Ladro and Ulla Stuart, are hired by a disgraced High Court judge, Sir Maxwell Throgmorton, to locate a long lost medieval painting by Spanish artist Francisco Cortez. Like Zevi, his work is said to be divinely inspired.Throgmorton's client, a wealthy Spanish Condesa, is terminally ill and the icon is her last hope. She will pay and do whatever it takes to find the missing work of Cortez.Unbeknown to the Condesa, Throgmorton seeks to make a vast personal fortune from the discovery of the paintings and use it to reclaim his place in society.Brodie and Ulla learns of Throgmorton's deceit and attempts to thwart his plans. As they delve deeper into the mystery of the missing Cortez painting, they discover a secret that changes their lives forever.Just as it changed the lives of everyone it touched across the centuries.✚ Praise for The Lazarus Succession ✚"In many ways, Fry's book is superior to those featuring Robert Langdon. It is faster, sexier and more grown-up, for a start. The plot is intricate, the pace masterful..."- Stuart Kenyon, author"The Lazarus Succession delivers the religious conspiracy and intricate mystery facets of Dan Brown with a careful weaving of Biblical events - with conspiratorial agents, both modern and ancient, in a clue-filled supernatural mystery thriller."- Las Book Reviews"The Lazarus Succession has a great historical and religious foundation combined with a dynamic plot, twists, and turns. Ken Fry knows how to keep the reader's attention and trigger their emotional response."- Lilah E. Noir, authorOther Titles by Ken Fry: The Chronicles of Aveline: Love and BloodDying DaysShakyamuni's PearlThe Lazarus ContinuumThe Chronicles of Aveline: AwakeningThe Lazarus SuccessionThe Patmos Enigma: Archaeological ThrillerThe Brodsky AffairDisjointed Tales: Short Stories of the Weird and the MacabreRed Ground: The Forgotten ConflictSuicide Seeds: A GMO ThrillerCheck MateIs That You, Jim? (Free)Join Ken Fry's Circle of Readers: www.booksbykenfry.comConnect on Twitter - @kenfry
An age-old secret must be kept safe... Until a successor is chosen.From the author of the UK Religious Mystery bestseller, The Lazarus Succession, this sequel is a highly emotional suspense novel with strong religious themes that will plunge the reader deeper into the mystery of The Resurrection Chronicles.A Standalone Novel.It's been seventeen years since Brother Baez, formerly Broderick Ladro, entered the monastery to fulfill his legacy, turning his back on all earthly affairs. His strange visions and doubts have steadily increased through the years and he goes on a desert retreat to make sense of it all.Brodie's painting, The Raising of Lazarus, is endowed with the power to heal. A secret that must be guarded, as it has been since the first was painted thousands of years ago by Annas Zevi who witnessed the miraculous event.Brodie senses that a new artist is being summoned. But who?The players are being brought together once again to protect an ancient, unbroken legacy.Martha, Ulla's daughter, the daughter Brodie has never seen or met, is experiencing the same visions. An unknown hand seems determined that father and daughter should meet.Amidst a series of baffling revelations, the action moves across the USA, UK, Spain, Israel and Cyprus. A pastor and an incredibly wealthy Las Vegas casino owner knows the secret and are hell-bent on stealing the miraculous painting for wealth and power.Unless Brodie, his daughter, Martha, and their close friends succeed in keeping the Lazarus legacy alive and the succession unbroken, a powerful secret will fall on evil hands.Explore the Mystery.
Danger Above... Danger Below...A deadly hunt for a 17th Century legend beneath the coastal waters of Japan.Multi-award winning, UK bestselling author of The Patmos Enigma and The Lazarus Succession, Ken Fry, is back with a thrilling underwater adventure.17th Century, JapanThe Legend...Ama divers, Makoto and Kaho, discover a gigantic pearl deep in the coastal waters of Japan, resembling the head of Buddha, Shakyamuni. At that time, all finds are the property of their Daimyo, Lord Hatakeyema. Their secret is discovered, and before they can bring the pearl to the surface, they are attacked. Rather than face certain death by beheading, the couple commits suicide by drowning --- taking the pearl with them. Since then, it has never seen the light of day...The Present...Maxine D'Argy Steele and Hugo Leyton, renowned researchers, are offered a lucrative deal by an American-Japanese pearl and diamond dealer. Locate the legendary pearl and recover it. They form a team to help them in their quest --- a renowned freediver and oceanographer, and an ama diver, Mizuki, who has motives of her own.But the problem with legendary treasures is that people will kill to own it.Two rival factions, the Yakuza, a criminal organisation led by Kazuma, and The Flaming Flag Society led by Yamura, are aware of the expedition, and they will use all their resources to possess the pearl.With danger from above and from below, Maxine and Leyton dodge bullets and threats as they try to resurrect Shakyamuni's Pearl from its watery tomb.Read this high adrenaline, hunt and chase thriller and let the action propel you towards a new Ken Fry adventure.Get your copy Visit Ken Fry's website and join his Circle of Readers: www.booksbykenfry.comConnect on Twitter - @kenfry10_______________________________________________________Other Titles by Ken Fry: The Lazarus ContinuumThe Chronicles of AvelineThe Lazarus Succession (UK Religious Mystery Bestseller)The Patmos Enigma (UK #1 Christian Fantasy Bestseller)The Brodsky AffairDisjointed Tales: A Collection of Eccentric Short StoriesRed Ground: The Forgotten ConflictSuicide Seeds: A GMO ThrillerCheck MateIs That You, Jim? (Free)
Struck by the sword of injustice, driven by love and loyalty... An unlikely heroine is born.From the bestselling author of The Lazarus Succession and The Patmos Enigma, The Chronicles of Aveline is an unforgettable historical thriller. A saga of love, history, adventure, and suspense.12th Century, EnglandIn the time of SaladinBefore The Third Crusade...It is the year 1181, and an ageing, battle worn, Sir Philip Fitzwilliam contemplates the changes the last Crusade inflicted on the landscape and on his estates.The weathered grey bricks of Froulingham Manor look down the valley, the nearby woods and a countryside decimated by holy wars, where once men dwelt, but never returned from the religious hatred and conflict the Holy Land inflicted upon them.Sir Phillip, concerned by rumours of a shifting balance of power favouring Saladin's Muslim armies in the Holy Land, fears yet another conflict.He contemplates the future of his estates, and those of his two sons, Giles, his favourite, the other Raymond, an aspirant monk, and his beloved, gifted daughter... Aveline.Aveline who thrived in the pursuits of men, skilled with a bow and arrow, and destined to be married off to a suitable man someday.Aveline, who discovered the joys of love, to her own, and her lover's detriment. Persecuted by the Church and separated from her lover and family.THIS IS HER STORY.The Chronicles of Aveline is the epic tale of a young woman's incredible courage and loyalty even in the most desperate circumstances. A captivating story of family, love, heartbreaking trials, deception, and one woman's determination to reclaim everything that was taken from her. Get your copy and experience this turbulent time with a most unlikely heroine. One you'll find hard to forget.
