Alex Connor
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Alex Connor

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Literature & Fiction
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Welcome, I have been writing historical fiction for the last few years and enjoying it enormously, but I'm now returning to modern times and to my other passion - conspiracy thrillers with a link to the art world. My latest, A WREATH of SERPENTS - is being published in September 2024. This book continues the series of art thrillers which began with THE REMBRANDT SECRET and went on to be published and translated worldwide in many languages. A WREATH of SERPENTS What happens when a kidnapper picks the wrong victim? Already a killer, Sam Purchass snatches a random woman at Heathrow Airport, taking her back to a dilapidated farmhouse, the scene of other murders. But the following morning he discovers how badly he has miscalculated. His victim, Kara Famosa, is not some unknown girl, but the daughter of Luis Famosa, a wealthy and powerful Cuban art dealer. Panicked, the kidnapper decides to murder his victim and destroy the evidence, a desperate Kara finally convincing him to ask for a ransom. Her father will pay, she assures him. If not for her, certainly for the Gustav Klimt painting she stole. And the damaging expose she wrote about her family.  At the same time in London, Kara's ex lover offers his help and is soon embroiled as the kidnapping becomes big news on both sides of the Atlantic. As various characters emerge, all desperate to hide past events, the Klimt painting becomes a ploy. A ransom to buy freedom. But as time passes Thomas realises he is playing cat and mouse with the family's past as he tries to uncover whether the kidnapping was random, or planned. How much would a parent pay to see their daughter's safe return?  How much would they pay to regain the Gustav Klimt portrait? And how much would they pay to bury a book that could ruin them all?  -------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORICAL FICTION I am intrigued by art and history. Especially historical intrigue, corruption, and uncovering the past. THE CARAVAGGIO SAGA was an Amazon World No One, and I won the Rome Prize for THE ISLE of the DEAD. The 2nd Book of THE BORGIA SAGA sold 80,000 copies in Spain. THE AGE OF DARKNESS published 2023 was set in the Medieval Ages and tells the story of the rivalry between the church and the nobility, set against the brutality of the Dark Ages. The trilogy about THE BORGIAS was published in July 2022/2023 . Taking a different slant, I'm investigating the corruption and depravity at that time in Rome - not just outside the family, but inside as well. In its true that the BORGIAS were seeped in decadence, greed, simony and sexual excess - yet their contemporaries were also villains when it suited them. The likes of Cardinal della Rovere, Savonarola, Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci, who became a military advisor to Cesare Borgia. TEMPESTA MALEDETTA was published 23rd July 2020 - Launched in Rome by Newton Compton. The theft of Giorgione's painting, 'The Tempest', unites London, Venice and New York - brought to their knees by the coronavirus - with the Venice of the 16th century, devastated by plague. September 2020 HEAD OF ZEUS, London, published THE WOLVES OF VENICE Book Two and Book Three of THE WOLVES OF VENICE trilogy were published in 2020 and 2021. TEMPESTA MALEDETTA 'Formidable. Conquers and seduces the reader. Spectacular." Matteo Strukul QUERCUS UK 2011 - 2016 published THE REMBRANDT SECRET LEGACY OF BLOOD THE MEMORY OF BONES THE ISLE OF THE DEAD THE CARAVAGGIO CONSPIRACY THE BOSCH DECEPTION 2017 - THE CARAVAGGIO CONSPIRACY was published in Italy by Newton Compton and was at the top of the best seller charts for months. No 1 Amazon World Bestseller. Newton Compton then published my Caravaggio trilogy: THE CARAVAGGIO ENIGMA - 2018 MALEDIZIONE CARAVAGGIO - 2019 EREDITA CARAVAGGIO - 2019 THE ISLE OF THE DEAD - known as IL DIPINTO MALEDETTO - won the ROME PRIZE in 2017 Newton Compton published THE GOYA ENIGMA in 2019 THE WOLVES OF VENICE. Vol One was published in 2019 Vol Two will be published July 2020 Vol Three in Spring 2021 HEAD OF ZEUS published the English version of THE WOLVES OF VENICE 2020 Four of my thrillers have reached the top of the bestseller charts. They have been published in UK/USA/Italy/Russia/Poland/Hungary/Bulgaria/France/ Portugal/Spain and many other countries.
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