This review first appeared in HOROSCOPE GUIDE, August 2014, and is reprinted here with the permission of editor and reviewer Ken Irving: ~~~~~~~~~ A little over two years ago I reviewed a mystery novel called Scorpio Rising, by Alan Annand. This title was actually the first in what he calls his “New Age Noir” series, […]
SCORPIO RISING: book excerpt 4.18
This chapter finds astrologer Axel Crowe in New York, where his vaastu consultation for a wealthy women’s-wear designer is interrupted by a frantic call. The sister of his longstanding client Kevin Blaikie has been murdered in an apparent street mugging gone sideways. Crowe goes to the billionaire’s Central Park condo to consider the case. ~~~~~~~~~ […]
SCORPIO RISING: book excerpt 2.9
A couple of years ago I wrote SCORPIO RISING, the first book in my New Age Noir mystery series. In Scorpio Rising, criminal profiler Axel Crowe investigates the killing of a New York heiress, and discovers her death is linked to two other murders on the same day: a dot-com millionaire in San Francisco, and the team leader […]
SCORPIO RISING: book excerpt 1.4
As some of my readers know, I’m a writer as well as an astrologer. A couple of years ago I wrote SCORPIO RISING, the first book in my New Age Noir series. Here’s the cover blurb: Criminal profiler Axel Crowe investigates the killing of a New York heiress, and discovers her death is linked to two […]
Video interview: “New Age noir” author Alan Annand
Last week, courtesy of Nadiya Shah Productions, I enjoyed my second video interview, and the first in which I got to discuss my New Age noir mystery novel “Scorpio Rising“: A criminal profiler investigates the killing of a New York City heiress and discovers her death is linked to two other murders on the same day: […]
ebook launch: Scorpio Rising
As some of you know, aside from my “public” role as a Vedic astrologer, I’ve been a writer for many years. I’ve written articles on astrology and palmistry, had a couple of animation scripts produced, and published five novels under pseudonyms. Although I’d always planned to keep on getting books published in the traditional way, […]