The Automaton's Wife (Society for Paranormals Book 2)
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When we were able to release each other and we stood in an awkward silence, I did what any sensible woman does upon discovering her long-dead brother is no longer dead but is instead a werewolf.
I invited him in for tea.
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Fact: Dr. Rosendo Ribeiro was a doctor from Goa (part of Portuguese India). One of his claims to fame is that he rode about Nairobi on a zebra in the early 1900s. He was the first (and for a while, the only) Western-educated doctor in the area. As far as I know, he is still the only doctor who ever did house calls on a zebra.
Fiction: Dr. Ribeiro came to Nairobi in the early 1900s, so he may not have been there at the end of 1899, when Lilly became sick.
Fact: The first Governor appointed to the British East African Protectorate was Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge.
Fiction: Governor Hardinge was appointed in July 1895, a few years before the Stewards and Mrs. Knight arrived in Nairobi, and he was based in Zanzibar. He did have a family but later on. And as far as I know, he was never the legal guardian of a Popobawa.
Fact: There was a global influenza pandemic in 1889-1890 during which 1 million died. At the time of this story, there was another, smaller outbreak in London.
Fact: There was a total of 320,000 Indian workers involved in constructing the Uganda Railway. Africans were hired as unskilled labour to clear the way. A total of 2,493 workers died during the six years of work: 4 men per mile, an average of 38 deaths/month.
Fact: Mrs. Isabella Beeton’s Book of Household Management did indeed describe housewives as Household Generals.
Fiction: Vered doesn’t consider herself a housewife and therefore can’t claim the lofty title of Household General.
Fiction: Vered doesn’t have to chase zebras (possessed or otherwise) out of her garden; she lets her pet hyena do that.
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SOCIETY FOR PARANORMALS: A series concerning dead husbands, African legends and the search for a perfect spot of tea. For those readers who adore “Pride & Prejudice” and would love to experience “The Parasol Protectorate” set in colonial Africa
Ghosts of Tsavo
Armed with Victorian etiquette, a fully loaded walking stick and a dead husband, Beatrice Knight arrives in colonial Kenya desperate for a pot of tea and a pinch of cinnamon. But she’ll need more than that if she’s to unravel the mystery of the Ghosts of Tsavo without being eaten in the process. All this while surviving the machinations of her best friend’s dashing godfather and the efforts of her safari guide to feed her to any lion willing to drag her away. What is a ghost-chasing widow to do? Buy now.
The Automaton’s Wife
Beatrice Knight has enough to contend with: a zebra is dead on her lawn, her horse is possessed and a gentleman has arrived with the temerity to propose to her. To top it off, her dead husband Gideon has absconded with an automaton, threatening to return for his wife. The wife in question however soon has other issues, for a killer has moved into town with a nasty habit of carving up the victims. As luck should dictate, who should be the next target but Mrs. Knight herself?
Revenge of the Mantis
All is going as it should for Beatrice Knight, until the Lightning God lands in her barn and announces that her old nemesis Koki is about to pay an unsolicited visit. While powdered cinnamon works well on many insects, the giant Praying Mantis won’t be so easily dissuaded from exacting revenge against the intrepid paranormal investigator. And let’s not forget that Mrs. Knight’s cousin is engaged to a bat man while her brother has returned from the dead as a werewolf. As if that isn’t complicated enough, Mr. Timmons presents a possibility too terrible to consider, yet too tempting to refuse. Now, if only she could survive long enough to make a decision… Buy now.
The Fourth Mandate
Having offered her firm and unequivocal resignation, Beatrice Knight is certain she is clear of her former employer, the Society for Paranormals, and is now free to proceed with her life and a wedding. It all seems quite simple, until the Society’s Director Prof. Runal shows up at the train station, her cousin announces horrifying news and a ponytailed dwarf decides he needs her powers to eradicate all non-humanoid paranormals. At least one thing is certain: anything is manageable with a pot of tea and a fully loaded walking stick.
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Lethal Takeout
When Axe Cooper is murdered while picking up Chinese takeaway, he’s pretty irritated about the loss of a good dinner, not to mention being dead. Not prepared to move on just yet, Axe decides to stick around and haunt his best friend Lily Chan while trying to figure out why anyone would kill a janitor. In the meantime, Axe is hired by The Ghost Post to track down recently deceased writers. As he learns more about his new phantom friends, Axe realises that his murder is not an isolated event and that if he doesn’t learn to fly like Superman, Lily could be next. Buy now.
Fatal Secrets
Just when Axe Cooper thinks he’s safe, guess again. His memory is fading and unless he wants to lose his mind, he has to figure out why he buried an old friend in a swamp. And let’s not forget the ghost-eating Deathmark that’s developed an unhealthy interest in Axe and his friends. Being dead is no protection from the secret that is about to crawl back into his life. But he’s not the only one with something to hide and some secrets are deadlier than others. Buy now.
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Dragon’s Mind
Ten years ago, a human brain was installed into a computer system. To most people, it is a non-living entity operating in the background of their
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How do you stop a war that you started? And should you, if your species’ safety and wellbeing depend on winning at all costs? These are the thoughts that plague Myth as she paces the fortress where she is being kept ‘for her own protection’. Meanwhile, Dragon is in hiding, hunted by the albino assassin and the city’s very systems that he once ran. As his backup reserves are depleted and the clock ticks down to the launch of a global virus, Myth must escape to save Dragon and together stop the war that they launched. But time is running out and the albino is watching. Buy now.
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Where Shadows Dance
Ash was looking forward to a summer of camping and time travelling. Then his Great Aunt fades away (literally) and his near-death nightmare gets even weirder. Juna isn’t having a great time of it either: having escaped from her parole officer, she barely survives falling out of an airplane. While Ash and Juna try to get out of the past and back home, events and dreams keep pointing them to the place where it all starts and ends, where shadows dance and time bends. If they can get there, they may be able to stop an implacable enemy from destroying their future. Of course, getting there means surviving first… Buy now.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vered Ehsani has been a writer since she could hold pen to paper, which is a lot longer than she cares to admit. She lives in Kenya with her family and various other animals. When she isn’t writing or running a radio show (http://africacreates.net/), she pretends to work as an environmental consultant.
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