Being Richard by Toni Allen Being immortal has never been easy. Some people are born immortal – some are made immortal. Towards the edge of Surrey, near the Hampshire border, lies the rural village of Elstead. If you follow the River Wey westwards you’ll arrive at Thundry Meadows, an ancient sacred site dedicated to the god Thor. It’s a place of beauty and mystery, where the river runs clean and owls hoot in the night. Over two and a half thousand years ago a man was born there, Sunbeerka, … [Read more...] about Being Richard by Toni Allen
Visiting Lilly by Toni Allen
Visiting Lilly by Toni Allen Why should a man at a Surrey police station go ballistic because someone tries to visit Lilly, his elderly grandmother? Detective Inspector Jake Talbot is intrigued, and this little puzzle might serve to distract him from sorrows of a Christmas past. Soon he is entangled with Frankie, an odd young man who claims to have met Lilly in her youth. Talbot dismisses the notion of time travel, but then discovers the Ministry of Defence has been monitoring Frankie since … [Read more...] about Visiting Lilly by Toni Allen
Interview with Author – Toni Allen
About Toni Allen: I’m the author of five books, one translated into Italian; a photographer of note; a columnist; and an acclaimed Tarot reader and astrologer. My series, Jake Talbot Investigates, began with Visiting Lilly (2014), then Saving Anna (2015) and will continue with Finding Louisa (2016). I live in Surrey, England, where I happily include pink grasshoppers in my macro-photography, as well as experimenting with abstract photography. For years I’ve tinkered with collecting antiques, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Toni Allen