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In Violet
Veils
by Mark Valentine - We are sorry to have to report that we have sold out of copies of In Violet Veils. However, some of the specialist book dealers listed on the Ordering Information page should still have copies available for sale.
- In Violet veils was published in 1999, pp.104, £20. 200 numbered copies, signed by the author. ISBN 1872621406. Out of print. Contents: The Effigies/ After the Darkness/ The Paravine Cries/ Pale Roses/ In Violet Veils/ The Lost Moon/ Cafe Lucifer/ The Craft of Arioch/ The Secret Stars.
- Collection of nine stories, six original, about the occult detective, The Connoisseur.
- Reviews:
- “This is an interesting, if regrettably slim volume of highly original tales... In Violet Veils is nicely presented to complement the rich prose, and is not illustrated. This is a good thing: Mr Valentine conjures up quite enough vivid images in the reader's mind.” David Rowlands, Ghosts and Scholars
- “This is a very curious and wonderful book: curious because a contemporary author dares to write in a style and mode fashionable a century ago; wonderful because he does so with such apparent ease, perfectly matching sometimes purple but always precise prose with outre subject matter. In this slim, elegantly produced volume ... nine exquisite episodes...” Peter Cannon, All Hallows
- “Oh this is luscious! It's a hardback, 104 page special limited edition with an old-fashioned feel to it, but forget that, let's jump into this wonderful creation... guaranteed to enchant.” - Prism
- “Mark
Valentine is a truly gifted writer and I hope that we
have not seen the last of him or of the Connoisseur.” -
Hellnotes
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