PETER HOWARD

News – Summer 2022

20 May 2022

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THE MUSEUM OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY

In June I am going to publish the novel I mentioned in my last post, which was two years ago, I’m ashamed to say! Well, at least I can’t be accused of boring readers to death with endless blogs.

Set in and around a quirky little museum in Clerkenwell, The Museum of Confiscated Property is a crime mystery involving theft, blackmail, stalking, a statuette said to have magical powers, a love story, and several obsessions.

On the back cover:

The cardinal rule of The Museum of Confiscated Property is that confiscated items are never returned.

So when a blackmailer demands the return of an ancient statuette of a hyena said to have prophetic powers, the curator Maria Cordobes must choose: abandon her brother in his hour of need or break the law and go against everything she believes in.

Things get more complicated when her friend Jake Martin, an actor who goes to extreme lengths to prepare for his roles, tells Maria there is someone stalking her …

 

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR PUBLICATION DATE …