Paul Ryley local author in Tenterden
Books on sale at Tenterden Museum (when open) also direct from Paul Ryley, Kindle versions from Amazon
- The Dead have no Voice - a Tenterden Mystery
“A very enjoyable evocation of life in Tenterden during the early 19th century”
It is 1830. A body is discovered onstage during a performance at the theatre in the Kent town of Tenterden. The woman has no family, and so Harriott Curties, a printer's daughter, and Stephen Fuggle, a gardener, feel impelled to investigate...
- Rose Clarke and the Broader Canvas
Miss Rose Clarke has been shaken by the violent events of last term, but she still intends to pursue her education at Cambridge in her role as Richard Cox. However, her impersonation has caused difficulties with her friend Mr Blackburn, and these seem only likely to increase. Her horizons expand with meeting a new friend, the well-travelled Miss Mary Warburton, and then with a trip to Oxford for a boat race. Further French conspiracies come to the fore, and her resolve and nerve are rigorously tested.
- Rose Clarke and the Body in the Chapel
Miss Rose Clarke returns to Emmanuel college for her second term in the guise of Richard Cox, but not before some disquieting events have occurred. With her friend Peter Winton absent, she investigates the discovery of a man found murdered in the college, and finds the task broadens her education into the fields of Chemistry, Geology and weaponry, and her courage as well as her intelligence are tested. Her admirer Mr Blackburn is never far from her mind, though circumstances frequently conspire to keep them apart.
- Rose Clarke and the Pursuit of Learning
Society balls and the marriage market are not Rose’s idea of life. She wants to meet men who can think of her as an equal – but the only such one she is attracted to has left for the Army. The opportunity arises to spend three months supervising her profligate brother, learning Greek and Mathematics with him, and it is there she conceives the idea of furthering her education by disguising herself as a boy and attending Cambridge University. This proves to be both exhilarating and on occasion frightening, especially when she discovers a coded message …