MJ Porter
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
Genres: Adventure, Cosy Mystery, Crime, Historical Fiction, Mystery
MJ Porter is the author of many historical novels set predominantly in Sixth to Eleventh-Century England, and in Viking Age Denmark. Raised in the shadow of a building that was believed to house the bones of long-dead Kings of Mercia, meant that the author's writing destiny was set. MJ Porter also writes quirky, historical mysteries set in the 1930s and 1940s, and might also have another Pen Name. Follow MJ on your social media of choice, or join one of MJ's mailing lists to stay up to date with all bookish news. https://BookHip.com/MGWHLDC (all) https://BookHip.com/THPKCKP (mysteries only) Confused as to where to start in MJ's Saxon Tales? Visit this page on MJ's blog for a list of titles. The series can be read in any order because MJ started in the eleventh century and has been slowly working backwards in time to the sixth century. https://mjporterauthor.blog/2024/07/27/mj-porters-saxon-stories-order-and-series-pages-infographic/
MJ Porter's books
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Historical Fiction, Mystery
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
Lady Merryweather has had a shocking year. Apprehended for the murder of her husband the year before and only recently released, she hopes a trip away from London will allow her to grieve. The isolated but much loved Cragside Estate in North Northumberland, home of her friends, Lord and Lady Bradbury, holds special memories for her. But, no sooner has she arrived than the body of one of the guests is found on the estate, and suspicion immediately turns on her. Perhaps there are no friendships to be found here, after all. Released due to a lack of evidence, Lady Ella returns to Cragside only to discover a second murder has taken place in her absence and one she can’t possibly have committed. Quickly realising that these new murders must be related to that of her beloved husband, Lady Merryweather sets out to solve the crime once and for all....
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Historical Fiction, Mystery
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
Birmingham, England, 1943. While the whine of the air raid sirens might no longer be rousing him from bed every night, a two-decade-old unsolved murder case will ensure Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is about to suffer more sleepless nights. Young Robert McFarlane’s body was found outside the local church hall on 30th September 1923. But his cause of death was drowning, and he’d been missing for three days before his body was found. No one was ever arrested for the crime. No answers could ever be given to the grieving family. The unsolved case has haunted Mason ever since. But, the chance discovery of another victim, with worrying parallels, sets Mason and his constable, O’Rourke, on a journey that will take them back over twenty-five years. They will have the chance to finally solve the case while all around them, the uncertainty of war continues, impossible to...
Genres: Adventure, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
The Viking raiders sent three hundred warriors to kill one man. It was never going to be enough. The Saxon kingdom of Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with King Alfred of Wessex in tatters. Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior with a distant claim to the kingship, hears whispers that Mercia has been betrayed by her feeble king and placed in the hands of his brutal enemy, the Viking raiders. But Coelwulf fears no man, especially not the Viking raiders sent to hunt him down. To protect his kingdom, Coelwulf must travel to Repton, the heart of the kingdom of Mercia, where the Norse enemy have taken control of the Mercian kings' mausoleum. What he finds there will determine his fate and the future of Mercia. The Last King is a thrilling historical action and adventure story, fictionalising the life of the last king of the kingdom...