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1 y separately published work icon Zenku 365 : A Zenku a Day Invites Mindfulness to Stay Jay Verney , Gaythorne : Zen Kettle Books , 2016 9701523 2016 selected work poetry

'... When you write a Zenku, you create your life in moments. In Zenku 365, Jay Verney offers a year of Zenkus (plus a Leap Zenku, plus spares!), and a micro workshop to guide you on your way to writing your own Zenku life. ...' (Source: Amazon website)

1 y separately published work icon Summon up the Blood Jay Verney , Gaythorne : Zen Kettle Books , 2014 8197507 2014 single work novel crime

'A little boy murdered in the most tragic of circumstances, and avenging angels intent on revenge. Obsessed, unscrupulous art collectors and the international antiquities thieves who service their desires. The Olympic Games and an elite group of corrupt Chinese agents double-crossing each other. An organised crime family on the path to redemption. What could they all possibly have in common? Livia Galvin - grieving mother, Olympic shooting champion, art gallery owner, and now, an unwitting participant in a conspiracy with a billionaire oligarch. Attacked by would-be assassins on her way to Beijing airport, Livia finally arrives home to find her family in chaos after the unexplained death of her godmother. It's only the beginning of a quest in which Livia will need all of her considerable strength of purpose and character to accept her unexpected new role when the most startling and life-changing surprise of all is revealed. With new revelations and threats at every turn, Livia Galvin and her most faithful supporters must truly 'imitate the actions of the tiger, and summon up the blood' in this novel of intrigue and passion that stretches from Bogota to Boston, and from Beijing to London, with its ultimate source in sub-tropical River City on the 27th parallel: the sunniest place in the world for some of the shadiest people you'll ever meet.' (Publication summary)

1 11 y separately published work icon A Mortality Tale Jay Verney , United States of America (USA) : Zen Kettle Books , 2013 Z529719 1994 single work novel

'Carmen Molloy is driving home late at night during a storm when she accidentally hits a young man who steps out into the road. He dies. In shock, Carmen drives home without telling anyone, and when the man's body is found, she does not come forward. The novel deals with her internal turmoil as she tries to deal with her guilt about what happened, and her fear of being found out.'

1 y separately published work icon Spawned Secrets Jay Verney , United States of America (USA) : Zen Kettle Books , 2012 Z1935496 2012 single work novel crime thriller 'The Global Financial Crisis is in full swing. Banks and businesses are closing. Homes are foreclosed. Bernie Madoff has been arrested. Jobs and savings are lost forever. People are angry, very, very angry.

A group of disgraced (and disgraceful) stockbrokers are enjoying a rainforest getaway weekend as a severe storm front approaches. And a deadly secret blows in from their past, carried by a mystery stalker, 'Guy Friendly,' determined to execute each and every one of them with surgical precision and the wrath of an avenging demon.

Their only protection comes in the form of Garfield Fletcher, former ship's cook, jilted lover, and now, fake private eye, courtesy of his ever-so-slightly-shady cousin, Henry Pinkert. The ink on Garfield's newly printed Certificate of Accreditation is barely dry when he finds himself up against the mystery killer who will inspire the most difficult choices Garfield has ever had to make.' (Publisher's blurb)
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