San Francisco Bay Area Wine-Book Release Party: A Plague of Scoundrels

Book release event

Join author Jon Cory at Artisan as he celebrates the release of his newest novel “A Plague of Scoundrels”. Jon will be reading passages from his new book, and complimentary appetizers will be available for your enjoyment.

Synopsis

Elliot Vail is a floundering San Francisco stand-up comedian who will do anything for a cheap place to live. So when strange little Edward Bockman offers him free rent in exchange for some odd dos and don'ts, Elliot thinks his luck is about to change. After all, despite Bockman's overactive imagination, head-to-toe Robin Hood costume and locked bedroom door, he seems nice enough. Little does Elliot know that his new landlord is time-traveling to trysts with an ex-mistress of England's King Charles II . . . and that he'll soon be expected to rescue Bockman from a seventeenth-century prison and a deadly outbreak of the Black Plague.

Jon Cory's humorous and romantic debut novel takes readers on a romp through London and the rural English countryside. Along the way, we meet a cast of scoundrels including petty thieves Tom Major and Tom Minor, Grundel the local hangman, and the villainous Frenchman Le Mieux. Then of course there's the beautiful maidservant Lilly, who will lead Elliot Vail on the adventure of a lifetime. But will love be enough to keep Elliot in Plague-ridden London, or will he return to modern life in twenty-first-century San Francisco?

Biography

Jon Cory comes from a family of readers and writers. He grew up in Indiana, and earned degrees in business and economics from Ohio University. After three years of military service, he worked in a variety of computer management positions, eventually settling into a successful career in retail systems.
A worldwide traveler, Jon has participated as a team member of archaeological expeditions in several countries. Retirement enabled him to return to creative writing. Jon currently lives in Alamo, California, with his wife Jan.

 For more information, check Jon’s website 

http://www.joncory.com/index.html