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Lusitania German medallions. Struck by the Germans, these medallions are now on display in Liverpool. They illustrate the belligerent atmosphere in 1915. Indeed German saboteurs are discovered aboard the ship in Key to Lawrence Special Edition. Lusitania medal

The Lusitania with her five smokestacks figures prominently in the first 70p of Key to Lawrence Special Edition, an historical thriller about the sinking. This picture is now being displayed in Liverpool at the Maritime Museum. Lusitania

You will find that the first 70p of Key to Lawrence Special Edition read like a Who’s Who aboard the Last Voyage Of The Lusitania. The only fictional characters are Miss Dora Benley and her parents. This picture is being… Continue Reading →

On Friday, March 27 the major exhibition Lusitania: Life, Loss, Legacy opened at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool in England. On display are objects from the ship which I am also going to post over the next few days… Continue Reading →

Dora gazed up at him sadly. This was the man she waited nineteen years to marry, for whom she forsook her first husband, for whom she once sailed to Europe after the Great War to go to the Paris Peace… Continue Reading →

How did Dora escape the Lusitania? Find out. Here’s the video which is our book trailer for Key to Lawrence Special Edition:

The Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy by Diane Preston will be released as a Kindle edition on May 5. Cheops Books will award one free copy to the winner of the contest. All you need to do is describe what you… Continue Reading →

We were surprised by a Gila Monster on our driveway. We’d never seen one before. Apparently they are one of two venomous lizards native to North America. Or is it Helga making an appearance showing her true colors? Beware!!!

Meet Hitler’s Spy, a stunningly evil Helga von Wessel strutting across Europe on the cover. This historical thriller about World War 2 plays Rommel and Hitler off against Colonel Sir Edward Ware who has in his keeping the key to… Continue Reading →

Cheops Books currently offers the following titles in either paperback or hardback editions:1)St Simons Island: A Mystery Collection2)Key to Lawrence3)1934 Plot4)Cleopatra Stone Mystery5)Key to Lawrence Special Edition6)The Dark: A Collection7)To Follow the GoddessAll other titles are offered as ebooks on… Continue Reading →