The Desolate Garden

"The Desolate Garden" by Danny Kemp is a fresh spy mystery providing entertainment, stimulation and insight. Brilliantly constructed, the winding plot, stealthy loopholes and clever humour render this novel one that claims your attention, holding it captive until the final page. What with its vivid descriptions, three-dimensional characters and accessible prose, 'The Desolate Garden' can be thoroughly enjoyed by a wide spectrum of readers.xa0I thoroughly enjoyed reading Danny Kemp's Desolate Garden. It is exciting, intriguing and it keeps us in suspense to the end. On the other hand it is full of that british humour which British writers are forgetting to use. The descriptions are vivid and the characters are remarkably set in the story. What a lovely espionage and thrilling story. Absolutely worth reading! Well done Danny Kemp.Writing books set in the past is a challenge which Danny Kemp has overcome with flying colours. I followed the plot line through a well described world decades ago. The characters are well drawn and the plot keeps you guessing all the way through. As a mystery it's a great read, as a debut novel, it's a blinding effort and is well worth the five stars which it has received from reviewersA book that is beautifully written in the most descriptive and vivid language. The amount of research that has gone into this story, and the authors amazing knowledge is inspiring and I definitely finished this book with a far more comprehensive understanding of politics and social tensions than when I started. A fast paced and action packed story that keeps the reader flipping pages and results in a real sense of sadness when the plot finally unravels and the book ends.From Robbie Cheadle of Roberta Writes.Of the Audiobook----I listened to the audio book of The Desolate Garden, narrated by William Merryn Hill and was impressed by how well matched the reading style and voice of the narrator was with this particular book. Five stars for a wonderful story and the narration. I came into writing literarily by accident.xa0xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 I was at work one sunny November day in 2006, minding my own business, stopped at a red traffic light when a van, driven incompetently, smashed into me. I was taken to Hospital and kept in for while, but it was not physical injuries that I suffered from; it was mental.I had lost all confidence in myself, let alone those around me. The experts said that I had post traumatic stress disorder, which I thought only the military or emergency personnel suffered from.On good days, I attempted to go to work, sometimes I even made it through Blackwell Tunnel only to hear, or see, something that made me jump out of my skin, and the anxiety attacks would start.I told my wife that I was okay and going regularly but I wasn't, I could not cope with life and thought about ending it.Somehow or other with the help from my dear wife, and professionals, I managed to survive and ever so slowly, rebuilt my self-esteem.It took almost four years to fully recover and become what I now am, somewhere close to what I was before that day, but it was during those dark depressive days that I began to write.My very first story, Look Both Ways, Then Look Behind, found a literary agent but not a publisher. He told me that I had a talent, raw, but nevertheless it was there. After telling me to write another story, he said that there were two choices open to me: One, wait for a traditional deal. At sixty-two, with no literary profile or experience; little hope. Two, self-publish through New Generation.This, I'm delighted to say, I did. From the Inside Flap There are many that I would wish to thank for helping me in my dream but one name sticks out amongst them all. Fiona 'McDroll' Johnson. Author of the short story collection Kick it Together and The Wrong Delivery.xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 I'm Following a Dream, And As Far As I Know, There Are No Rules In a Dream. Only months before the murder of Lord Elliot Paterson, and his youngest son Edward, an address in Leningrad is discovered hidden in ledgers of the family's Bank in Westminster dating back to the 1930's. There is a spy in the family, but on whose side?His eldest son Harry is recruited into the British Secret Services to uncover the traitor.The Desolate Garden is a twisting tale of deceit and intrigue with Harry, and an attractive girl from the Home Office, desperately trying to unravel the mystery before anyone else meets the same fate. Danny Kemp is a 63-year-old man, but just change the numbers around to find his real personality. He is quick witted with a devilish sense of humour, socially interacting across all generations. His writing comes from years of diverse experiences encompassing the Metropolitan Police, the tenancy of three Public Houses, where once he was arrested for attempted murder, and the Licensed Taxi Trade in London. His interests now are divided between his work, his family, especially his three Grandchildren, and his new found love of writing.His second novel, THE DESOLATE GARDEN but first to be published, followed on quickly from his first, Look Both Ways, Then Look Behind, and a third Mitzy Collins is well underway. He hopes it to be the beginning of a new career. He is a member of The International Thrillers Writers.His novel THE DESOLATE GARDEN is being made into a Film. Read more