Los Angeles author Jeri Westerson, the author of 15 Crispin Guest Medieval Noir novels, will be discussing “Courting Dragons,” first of a new impressive series, at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena on Friday, Jan. 6, starting at 7 p.m.
Set in 1529, “Courting Dragons” introduces an unusual lead, Will Somers, Henry VIII’s actual court jester. In this role, Somers has free rein of the royal court, where he often overhears secrets. At Greenwich palace, Somers meets Don Gonzalo de Yscar, an aide to the ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor. The two men form an attraction, and act on it, but it isn’t long before Somers chances upon Gonzalo’s corpse in the palace gardens, his throat slit. That shock is compounded when Somers receives an anonymous note stating that its sender knows of his liaison and threatening to inform the king of it unless he attends a midnight meeting – and reveals secrets about the monarch.
As an author, Westerton is a novelist of medieval mysteries, Tudor mysteries, historical novels, and paranormal novels, along with LGBTQ mysteries under the pen name Haley Walsh.
For more information on Friday’s event, call (626) 449-5320.
Vroman’s Bookstore is at 695 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.
