Chris Simms

Shifting Skin (Detective Jon Spicer Thrillers)
$12.95
There was a lot to like in this book.

D.I. Jon Spicer who features both in this book and 'Killing The Beasts' is a really likable, flawed character for a start. In this book we see his relationship develop with his partner Rick Saville, whom he suspects is a 'plant' in order for his boss, McCoughlin to keep an eye on him.

The investigation is interesting, from the partially skinned female bodies that keep turning up to the disappearance of salesman who also falls under suspicion. What I like about all of Simms writing is how well informed and topical it is and this novel is no exception.
Set in Manchester (England) Spicer and Saville's investigations take them to tattoo parlours, gay bars, a cosmetic surgery clinic and an escort agency as well as a seedy hotel where there's a possible witness to a murder that there isn't a corpse for.

Simms is a talented author and his books would make great TV dramas.

Chris Simms Autographed 8" x 10" Photograph in a 11" x 14" Deluxe Photograph Frame
$300.00
This Is an Absolutely Gorgeous One of a Kind Piece of Memorabilia That Would Be Great in Your Home, Office or Business. This One of a Kind Piece Features an Autographed 8" x 10" Photograph of Chris Simms. This Piece Is Double Matted and Is Professionally Framed. The Total Size of This Wonderful Looking Piece of Memorabilia Is 11" x 14". This Is a One of a Kind Piece and Is Must Have for Any Chris Simms Fans! Impress Your Friends, Family, Employees or Colleges with This Hanging on Your Wall. What a Great Conversation Piece.

The Ladyes Delight
$17.98
Another great production of the Baltimore Consort, consisting of such famous musicians as Mary Anne Ballard (treble and bass viols); Mark Cudek (cittern, bass viol); Custer LaRue (soprano); Larry Lipkis (bass viol, soprano recorder); Ronn McFarlane (lute); Chris Norman (Renaissance flutes), and William Simms as guest artist (bandora).
In particular two pieces impressed me especially and it was worth to me to buy this CD by them alone and to give a strong 5 star rating:
1) "Yonder Comes A Courteous Knight": It is breathtaking how wonderful and sensitive soprano Custer LaRue performs this ballad. This lady has the perfect voice. It is the highest delight to enjoy each second of its 6 minutes duration. In a historically very credible way it transports you back to Elizabethan England of the end of the 16th century. A time which created a noble, romantic and frank music, determined by timeless beauty and often also pure melancholy.
2) "Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone": An outstandingly beautiful and moving ballad melody, in its time equally well-known and popular as "Greensleeves", but often ignored by today's interpreters. It is a melody which incorporates timeless beauty and also bittersweet melancholy to the highest degree. The Baltimore Consort performed it in a most perfect way, impossible to be improved in any respect. A true jewel piece!
A note on the often melancholic music of the Renaissance era: Melancholy and sadness was understood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life, and was in no way negatively attributed as it is today. I you like the romantic and melancholic music of Elizabethan's England, you will feel especially impressed by these two pieces which will deeply touch your heart and soul each time you hear them.
But there are also many funny and danceable pieces on this CD, as "The Ladyes Delight/Jumpe At My Cozen".
Thank you Baltimore Consort for performing this great CD! I consider it as a strong buy.
I am sure, Queen Elizabeth I. would be delighted.

Killing the Beasts (Detective Jon Spicer Thrillers)
$12.95
I found this book to be riveting! Original and very real on every plane. The story unfolds with more than one suspect and it really could have been any of them! The way Simms takes us through the descent into Tom's mental illness and demise is very realistic, and compelling.

I am resident near Manchester (where the book is based) and followed Tom and Jon through the streets in the city center where the descriptions are spot on!

Loved it, was sorry for it to end although I read it compulsively, such a page turner that it was! Looking forward to more of the same...