{"id":5272,"date":"2018-10-10T14:26:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2018-10-10T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:34:14","slug":"the-assassins-coin-and-an-autumn-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-assassins-coin-and-an-autumn-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ASSASSIN’S COIN AND AN AUTUMN OF WOMEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want some exciting thriller\/horror reads? Today sees the paperback of greydog<\/em>\u2019s<\/em><\/strong><\/span> new novel The Assassin\u2019s Coin<\/em> released, so we bring you exclusive extracts from this and its sister book, The Prostitute\u2019s Price<\/em> by Alan M Clark<\/strong><\/span>. Conceived of as part of a joint project, both books feature female protagonists. And both books unfurl these women\u2019s lives against the backdrop of events in Victorian Whitechapel, events which lead up to what has been called the Autumn of Terror.<\/p>\n

\"assassin's<\/a>
assassin’s coin and prostitute’s price<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are not women without hope or ambition, nor are they mere adjuncts to men. <\/span><\/span>The issues of Catherine Weatherhead and Mary Jane Kelly are issues of survival, respect, affection, solace and all those things which we seek for ourselves, male or female. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They are people, and their anger, frustra<\/span><\/span>tion and fear are human things, not gender politics. They do live, however, in a period during which men have more options, rights and power, and so they must make constant, difficult decisions.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Our interwoven project covers the period autumn 1886 to autumn 1888, and each novel follows its own distinct story-line. Events which are clouded or mentioned in passing in one book may hold a different significance in the other, but each is complete in itself and can be read on its own.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Some readers browse genres which represent their favourite types of fiction. <\/em>The Assassin\u2019s Coin and <\/em>The Prostitute\u2019s Price might be called historical thrillers or period horror. Can we say anything else helpful? <\/em>Alan\u2019s masterfully detailed tale of Mary Jane Kelly\u2019s life is, of course, the story of the woman reported as the last victim of Jack the Ripper, with all the threat and horror that entails. <\/em><\/p>\n

Greydog\u2019s tale of Catherine Weatherhead also explores the world of Victorian spiritualists and the unforeseen consequences of being open to other \u2018levels\u2019 of existence.<\/em><\/p>\n

Come have a quick look at our protagonists.<\/p>\n

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THE ASSASSIN\u2019S COIN<\/h1>\n

by John Linwood Grant<\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Catherine Weatherhead, a woman in her early twenties with an unreliable psychic gift and little status beyond that which she can forge for herself…<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some women survive.<\/p>\n

They survive despite everything set against them – disease, the injustices of society, and the casual ease with which a body can trip and fall under an omnibus or a drayman\u2019s horse. They avoid the blows of a man\u2019s grimy fist, the scratch of another woman\u2019s claws, and the lawyers of the rapacious rich; they remain strangers to the poorhouse or the prison.<\/p>\n

Mrs Bessovitch was one of those women.<\/p>\n

Swathed in perpetual mourning, she used black lace and brocade to dissuade gentlemen callers, and sharp glances to see off the few who nevertheless persisted. She flaunted tragic memories of her husband, and shed onion tears for his loss, years long gone, in some distant naval conflict. Only her closest confidants knew that Mr Aaron Bessovitch had leaned too far over the rail of the Dover to Calais packet ship whilst inebriated. Tragic, possibly, but not of great value to the Empire.<\/p>\n

Catherine Weatherhead looked on her landlady as a safe harbour, and thanked God (with whom she was not overly familiar) for guiding her to Mrs Bessovitch\u2019s lodgings in Southwark.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadame Rostov, she was a success?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Bessovitch clattered at the sink, her accent thicker than usual. Catherine knew that she was concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2026 no, it all went well. At first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese ladies, they had their doubts about you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt isn\u2019t that. I\u2019d done the usual work \u2013 picked up details on them from the local shops as myself, gossiped a little. You know.\u201d<\/p>\n

That part had gone smoothly. It had been easy to check the local cemetery and see that Margaret Carlton\u2019s grave was untended. For backup, she had a rumour about the family\u2019s time before they came to Islington, and a tale from a garrulous greengrocer. Catherine knew how to read people, without needing her unreliable gift. The Aether did not need to stir itself to satisfy most s\u00e9ance goers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo\u2026 what is matter?\u201d The landlady peered at a smudged glass, wiping it with her cloth.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething\u2026 something reminded me of the past, that is all. It\u2019s nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDa. Nothing, that is always frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n

They shared a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you some time, Mrs B. For the moment, I should rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLater, if I may.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catherine trudged up the stairs, her feet sore. Her imposture as Madame Rostov, the psychic from somewhere vague in Eastern Europe, involved far too much walking. Hansoms were expensive, on the little she had made so far, and she had always to make sure she wasn\u2019t observed in her transition between roles. She had learned far more than she wanted about the streets of London in her first six months. More comfortable boots would have to be her next major purchase.<\/p>\n

Her bedroom on the first floor was too tidy. Mrs Bessovitch\u2019s work, but she could hardly complain. The rent was a pittance, nor were there any other lodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my home,\u201d the landlady said when Catherine finally dared to query her. \u201cIf I wish company, I let my rooms. You are company. So…\u201d<\/p>\n

In the ancient, creaking wardrobe hung Mrs Bessovitch\u2019s cast-offs, ideal for Madame Rostov. Furs \u2013 not grand, even slightly moth-eaten, but with the right look for the part. Old-fashioned clothes, easily tacked (by the landlady) to approximate Catherine\u2019s leaner figure.<\/p>\n

It had been her landlady\u2019s idea, in a sense. Their first meeting was on a stormy January morning, and Catherine, after a winter struggling in the capital, needed shelter. Her savings were low, and previous lodgings had been unsafe, plagued by drunken fights. Then she had seen a notice in the paper. Quiet room available. Only single lady.<\/p>\n

She walked to the address in Southwark, and presented herself. With her black hair wild and her face scrubbed red by the wind, Mrs Bessovitch approved.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look like good Russian woman,\u201d she said as she made them a pot of tea. \u201cI will like you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe room is still available?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDa. A young woman, she comes but she is pretty. She smiles too much. I do not think she knows life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not so pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The blunt comment took Catherine by surprise, and she laughed, spilling her tea.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see?\u201d said Mrs Bessovitch. \u201cYou understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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THE PROSTITUTE\u2019S PRICE<\/h1>\n

by Alan M Clark<\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Mary Jane Kelly, much the same age as Catherine, but engaged in prostitution for some time and no longer sure of her way out of risk and the streets…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(The Jennifer Weatherhead mentioned below is an impoverished cousin of Catherine, living a very different life)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Jane guided Jennifer across Stepney High Street and into Durham Row, which ran along the northern edge of St. Dunstan\u2019s Church. Trees in the churchyard had taken on yellow fall color, the leaves beautiful beneath an unusually crisp and clear blue sky.<\/p>\n

Entering the Ashfield Place footpath to head northward to the coffee shop, Mary Jane noted that <\/span><\/span>Jennifer<\/span><\/span>\u2019s limp had lessened.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile soliciting, I use the name Ginger. If you would, please use my true name only when we\u2019re alone. You should find a name to use other than your own, one that feels comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll think about what that might be,\u201d Jennifer said. \u201cMy friends call me Jennie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Jane considered the last statement an invitation.<\/p>\n

She saw a man with red side whiskers and mustache moving toward them among the other pedestrians ahead. With the warm color of his whiskers and the hair that poked out from beneath his brown bowler, he stood out, even at a distance.<\/p>\n

Brevard!<\/p>\n

Her heart beat quickened, and a tingling at the back of her neck told her to hide<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> She didn\u2019t want to frighten Jennie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLook at this hat,\u201d Mary Jane said, taking Miss Weatherhead by the arm and tugging her into the recessed doorway of a Milliner\u2019s shop. \u201cNow where is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Though clearly surprised by the sudden deviation, Jennie seemed willing to concentrate on the hats displayed in the window. \u201cWhich one?\u201d she asked. \u201cThey\u2019re all quite beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Jane hadn\u2019t got a good look at the man, and she didn\u2019t think he\u2019d seen her.<\/p>\n

Jennie stands out too far! He might recognize her.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcuse me for a moment,\u201d Mary Jane said. \u201cI have a rock in my boot. Would you steady me?\u201d She offered her left hand.<\/p>\n

Jennie took it and turned toward her.<\/p>\n

Good.<\/i><\/span><\/span> Now she faced completely away from the approaching man and had her face down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Jane crouched and pretended to attend to her foot with her right hand beneath the cover of her skirts. Then she realized that if the man had noticed her, crouched down as she was might prove her undoing, since she would not be able to sprint away quickly. She gathered in her hand the hems of her skirts in case she did have to make a dash for it.<\/p>\n

The fellow walked by, taking no notice of the women in the Milliner\u2019s shop doorway.<\/p>\n

He was not Stuart Brevard, yet she had felt the return of the fear from a month earlier, and regretted taking a more casual view of the threat he posed.<\/p>\n

Mary Jane realized she\u2019d been holding her breath. With relief, she took a gulp of air.<\/p>\n

Remaining in her crouch for a few moments to compose herself, she leaned out of the recess to watch the man walk<\/span><\/span> toward the pretty trees of the churchyard and turn eastward into Durham Row.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDid you remove the stone?\u201d Jennie asked somewhat impatiently.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh\u2026yes,\u201d Mary Jane said, standing.<\/p>\n

The two women continued up Ashfield Place.<\/p>\n

Mary Jane dreaded a possible future in which Stuart Brevard tracked her to her new lodgings in Globe Road, an eventuality that seemed a matter of time. She\u2019d gone to live with Joseph <\/span><\/span>Fleming<\/span><\/span> initially to confuse her trail and gain some male protection. Persuading him to help her recover the necklace was taking more time than she\u2019d anticipated. If Stuart Brevard found her in Globe Road before <\/span><\/span>Fleming<\/span><\/span> agreed to help, and she had to move again, she might lose her chance to get the necklace altogether.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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AFTER<\/span><\/span>-NOTE: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>As for the men within these <\/span><\/span>book<\/span><\/span>s, <\/span><\/span>some intend to be kind and some choose to be cruel. Many are no more sure of what they are, and what they will become, than Catherine and Mary Jane. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The only figure in both novels who might be said to have no doubts about himself is, as you might guess, Mr Edwin Dry<\/strong>, the Deptford Assassin. To Catherine Weatherhead he is the killer in the bowler hat who haunts her visions; to Mary Jane Kelly he is the \u2018black-eyed man\u2019 who is a <\/span><\/span>terrible <\/span><\/span>threat and an opportunity at the same time\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The novels are now available in Kindle and paperback:<\/p>\n

THE ASSASSIN\u2019S COIN<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>UK Amazon: http:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/fsKVxU8<\/a><\/p>\n

US Amazon: http:\/\/a.co\/d\/5Y3Kh4e<\/a><\/p>\n

THE PROSTITUTE\u2019S PRICE<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>UK Amazon: http:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/2mdthUF<\/a><\/p>\n

US Amazon: http:\/\/a.co\/d\/9rI67rU<\/a><\/p>\n

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OCTOBER FRIGHTS BLOG HOP<\/h1>\n

Once again we\u2019re part of this fun tour \u2013 sixteen horror-y writers this year, sharing posts, offering neat stuff and so on. Do have a look round the sites involved – link below.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have some more October Frights books news and guest posts on here over the next week…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/new\/view.php?id=797504<\/a><\/p>\n

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