Book Reviews, Excerpts, and Blurbs

Ruins of Grandeur

Donald G. Geddes, III
1st edition 244 pp. 9.75 x 6.25 in
Hardcover; elegant 3-piece case
Gloss-varnished photo covers w/black cloth trim
Cover and book design: Jedd Haas
Editor: Ron Kenner
EAN/ISBN-10: 0-9773514-9-1
EAN/ISBN-13: 978-0-9773514-9-7
$17.95 (CAN $19.95)
Morgana Press (November 21, 2008)

Ruins of Grandeur is a seductive mystery set in the labyrinthian world of Venice — a lush yet easy-to-read tale of intrigue, deceit, theft and murder.

Amid the heady atmosphere of Venetian society entwined with the underworld, the story intersects the sacred and profane, unraveling the enticing and lurid secrets of the privileged and powerful, the beautiful and the cursed.

MENACE, MYSTERY, MURDER, MAYHEM AND MAJESTY
Unfurling amid a lush setting, author Donald G. Geddes' high-octane story pulls the reader into an alluring maze, a place where unsettling secrets and curiosities are revealed and human failings and flaws are exposed. Beyond the foibles of swiftly changing currents and weaknesses, pleasures and obsessions beckon, wreaking havoc.

REVIEWS AND EXCERPTS

Donald G. Geddes, III is a former investment advisor whose high-profile international clients have included a long list of Hollywood's elite, nobility and European celebrities. An artful bon vivant and recognized undersea explorer, native New Yorker Geddes is a Choate and George Washington University graduate who is at home anywhere in the world. A longtime resident and devotee of the Vieux Carré, the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, Geddes has also lived in the New Orleans Garden District and the Faubourg Marigny. Post-Katrina, Geddes, his native New Orleanian wife, Marilyn, and their Yorkshire terrier "Hemmingway" now spend the majority of their time in Virginia. A distinguished author of published papers, Geddes writes nonfiction and fiction short stories. Ruins of Grandeur is part of the Peter Grant Chronicles, a trilogy mystery series. The forthcoming book two spans New Orleans and Haiti, and the third title is set in Paris. The Peter Grant Chronicles are being developed for adaptation to the screen. Geddes has a three-book deal in the works with Morgana Press of New Orleans.

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