Tim Kinsey

@tekinsey.uk

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Mystery Writer. Dreadful Drummer. Proudly responsible for the Lady Hardcastle series. https://www.tekinsey.uk

A book cover. The title is Murder on the Rocks, the author T E Kinsey. Within the usual ‘tree’ border Lady Hardcastle and Flo stand on an island with a Tudor fort atop a hill in the distance. The sky is menacing and the sea is beginning to get a little rough. The ‘corner objects’ are an Edwardian goblet and a violin.
A Kindle showing the "Christmas at The Grange" cover. There's a pearl pendant on a gold chain draped over the kindle. There are three "Christmas at The Grange" baubles on the ground in front of it. Everything is standing in the snow. It's all CGI.
The usual Blender 3D pic of a home library filled with T E Kinsey books. There’s a big blue armchair on one corner and a Christmas tree on the other. There are piles of books on the floor and ornaments on white, wooden blocks between the bookcases. The whole thing has been passed through a filter to make it look like a watercolour painting. White text at the bottom reads, “Wishing You a Hardcastle Christmas”.
A photograph of two paperback books on a white desk. The corner of a Mac keyboard is visible on the left and an iPad Mini at the top. The paperbacks are of different sizes. The larger is the French translation of Lady Hardcastle - Book 9 (An Act of Foul Play) and is entitled «Meurtre en trois actes». The smaller is the mass market paperback of the German translation of the first Hardcastle book (A Quiet Life in the Country) and is “Lady Hardcastle Und Der Tote Im Wald”.
A white floor covered with an untidy pile of paperback books - all Hardcastles by T E Kinsey. It’s CGI, created in Blender. It isn’t AI because that wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun to do.
In a cluttered corner of a room with IKEA shelves behind and a cymbal stand to one side, there are two electric guitars on stands. The rearmost is a PRS SE Silver Sky in Nylon Blue with a maple neck. In front stands a PRS SE McCarty 594 Single Cut in Vintage Sunburst.
A 3D CGI image created in Blender, framed in the style of a Hardcastle cover. A mist shrouded forest with spooky light struggling to shine through the trees. In the foreground is a swing (it’s a long story) with a carved pumpkin lantern illuminating a paperback copy of A Picture of Murder.
The caption says, "Movies and murder. And possibly witches."
An overgrown corner of a garden. There’s a bird bath with moss on the base. A pole supporting two bird feeders. Two pigeons are caught mid-flight, their wings a blur, escaping the (unseen to us) unfamiliar flying object and its whiny rotors.
A photograph of a white desk with the usual office junk. In the foreground is the headstock and neck of a PRS Silversky SE guitar on a stand (the rest of the guitar is out of shot). On the desk is a large wine glass containing red wine.
A screenshot of a Scrivener document entitled “LH13 v1”. The central pane simply has the words "THE END” typed near the top in white against a dark grey background.
Composite photo showing a product shot from the Argos catalogue 1973/4. Cropped to show an electric bass guitar leaning against an electronic organ. The bass is 3/4 scale and finished in tobacco burst with a white pick guard. Also in the composite is the listing for the item which reads: 18. DALLAS ARBITER Solid Electric Bass Guitar. 2 pick-ups. 4 strings. Amplifier lead included. (Japan). Catalogue Number 540/0045. Recommended Retail £25.37. Argos Price £19.95
Screenshot of an Instagram story on a phone screen. The main image shows the stage at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival with me (Tim Kinsey) on the left, S J Parris, Andrew Taylor, Beth Lewis and Shylashri Shankar.
A lego F1 car in McLaren livery with a yellow T-bar instead of the stock black.
Night vision video of two badgers in an overgrown part of a garden. One (whose name is One-Eye) is munching happily at whatever she can find on the floor. The other (Shadow) reaches up to take a drink from a birdbath. The bath isn’t stable and wobbles, making Shadow give up and get down. As it does so, water slops out of the birdbath onto its head.
A photo of a plastic panel inside a car boot. There is a garden snail snoozing between the ridges.
A white desk with desk things. There are also two similarly sized cylindrical containers, both with “Fast Fret String Cleaner and Lubricant” printed on them. The left-hand one is a tin, slightly battered and scratched. Beside it is a small wooden handle with the magic applicator at its end. On the right is a plastic tube. The handle of the applicator is also plastic.
Still image from night vision video. An overgrown, 'natural' section of a garden. Two badgers in the foreground, snuffling. One badger behind them, investigating a stone birdbath.
A Mickey Mouse tumbler containing a negroni and an ice sphere. It's on a white desk near a computer keyboard. There's an out-of-focus guitar neck in the foreground and assorted desk nonsense in the background, also out of focus.
A photo of the Shakespeare statue in Leicester Square. Fountains do fountainy things from the pavement
The view through a shop window with ‘Cafe Pâtisserie’ printed in black on the glass. In the background a Korean man in a yellow shirt is paying for his purchases with his phone. The assistant, wearing a flat cap and a mask, is looking down at the till. Right next to the window, at an intimate table for two, sit two large plush rabbits with lop ears. They are having coffee together, with two small cups and saucers on the table. One of the bunnies is white, wearing a black neckerchief. It cradles a small black bunny wearing a white neckerchief in its paw which is resting on the table. Its coffee companion is a black bunny with a white neckerchief and it nestles a small white bunny in its own paw in a mirror of its companion’s pose.
A still from a night vision video. An overgrown section of a garden with a stone wall in the background. A bird bath stands on uneven ground. A pole supporting unseen bird feeders. A parapet of railway sleepers marks the border on the left-hand side of the image. Two European badgers (Meles meles) are snuffling amiably among the plentiful fallen birdseed. One is One-Eye, one of the elders of the clan. The other is younger, possibly one of her 2023 litter of three cubs.
A DVD/Blu-ray case on a white desktop. It's the 1975 film Slade in Flame.