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Extremis Publishing Releases Innovative New Robin Hood Road Trip Guide by Nottinghamshire Author

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Stirling, United Kingdom, March 12, 2023 –(CarryOnHarry.com)– Robin Hood is arguably the best-known figure in English folklore, challenged only by King Arthur in the annals of the country’s history when it comes to historical prominence. But what is the truth behind the legend of this enigmatic figure, his companions and his adversaries – and what became of them after their celebrated adventures? This is the very question being addressed by Robin Hood enthusiast Neil Hallam, who has taken up the task of tracing Robin Hood’s exploits through some of the most beautiful areas of England.

Neil has designed a totally new road trip, covering 500 miles of striking locations throughout counties including Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, where he invites visitors to join him on the trip of a lifetime as he searches for the facts behind this famous yet inscrutable outlaw. His travels took him far beyond busy Nottingham and Sherwood Forest to the village of Robin Hood, the bucolic hamlet of Loxley, charming Whitby and the beautiful Robin Hood’s Bay, via a plethora of caves, coves, churches, crags and castles just waiting to be discovered along the way. Details of the route can be found on the official website at: https://500rh.co.uk/

With an eventful career that has involved experience as a legal expert, police officer, journalist, novelist and celebrant, Neil has led an interesting life, and time spent in this historically important area since his formative years has given him a lifelong respect for the Robin Hood story. Drawing on historical research, national folklore and local legend, Neil has pieced together a fascinating and entertaining tapestry of swashbuckling adventures, intriguing mysteries and ancient curiosities which are now being related in a new book, “The Robin Hood 500 Route,” published by Scotland’s Extremis Publishing Ltd. It is his hope that the route will not only shine a light on the fascinating history behind the many Robin Hood legends, but will also inspire visitors to come to the area and visit each and every amazing location for themselves.

“Neil has produced a fascinating account of Robin Hood’s impact across England,” says Julie Christie, director of Extremis Publishing. “The little-known facts he presents are entertaining and informative in equal measure. This book will bring to life not just the tales of yesteryear, but a vibrant part of Britain which is full of charm and cultural significance.”

“The Robin Hood 500 Route” is released on Friday 31st March 2023, and will be available from all good online booksellers and independent bookshops worldwide. For more information about the book, please visit the Extremis Publishing website at: https://www.extremispublishing.com/the-robin-hood-500-route.html

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Scottsdale Author Joe Reina’s New Novel Follows a Killer Who Gets Away With It

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Scottsdale Author Joe Reina’s New Novel Follows a Killer Who Gets Away With It

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Joe Reina has published a new novel, "Shadows over Scottsdale: An Unsolved Murder Mystery," built around a scenario true-crime statistics make uncomfortably familiar: a man commits a devastating crime and simply disappears, leaving investigators and a grieving community with no resolution.

The book follows a character named Robert, who flees the country using forged documents and a cargo ship after an act of destruction that leaves behind, as the publisher describes it, charred remains and an unanswered investigation. The case goes cold. The novel, according to its publisher, is less concerned with the mechanics of the escape than with what happens afterward, to the people left waiting for answers that never come.

Reina, now retired in Scottsdale, spent decades in international business across apparel, footwear, and real estate, with extensive time in Europe and a particular connection to Italy that shaped two earlier books, "The Goat Sleeps in the Kitchen" and "A Love Affair in Tuscany." "Shadows over Scottsdale" marks a different direction, built instead around the real scale of unsolved homicide in the U.S. The publisher’s materials cite roughly 346,000 unsolved homicides since 1965, with more than a dozen occurring unresolved each day. Separate reporting on the book has cited a figure of about 7,778 murders in 2023 alone, which it similarly frames as more than a dozen a day going unresolved.

"Writing ‘Shadows over Scottsdale’ forced me to confront uncomfortable questions about justice itself," Reina said, according to the announcement. "Too many crimes go unsolved, too many families wait endlessly for answers. I wanted readers to understand that behind every cold case statistic is a real story, real suffering, and real questions that may never be answered."

The publisher positions the novel as an examination of institutional limits as much as a crime story: the toll of a case gone cold on the people who can’t move past it, and what it means for a community when accountability simply never arrives.

"Shadows over Scottsdale" is published by Covenant Books and is available in paperback and hardcover through the publisher’s website and major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.

Cold-case statistics tend to get cited and then forgotten. Studio CarryOnHarry is curious whether fiction built directly around that number does more to stick with a reader than the number alone ever does.

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Joe Reina’s ‘Lost Masterpieces’ Imagines a Fictional Farewell Among Renaissance Painters

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Joe Reina’s ‘Lost Masterpieces’ Imagines a Fictional Farewell Among Renaissance Painters

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Joe Reina has published a new novel, "Lost Masterpieces: Three Paintings, 500 Years A Journey Through Time," built around an imagined scene from Renaissance history: the night before Leonardo da Vinci leaves for Milan, when three fellow painters each hand him a small work carrying a private message.

According to the announcement, those three gifts come from Sandro Botticelli, Titian, and Andrea Mantegna, each painting standing in for a different kind of counsel. Botticelli’s piece is described as layered with allegory and coded warnings about power and patronage. Titian’s is framed as warm and sensual, suggesting reinvention and a break from convention. Mantegna’s is austere and classically precise, encoding discipline and endurance. According to the announcement, these three paintings form a wordless exchange between masters, transmitting wisdom, mutual regard, and assurance across generations through visual means.

Reina comes to this material from outside the art world. His career was built in apparel, footwear, and real estate development in Chicago, and the publisher’s materials trace his interest in European history, and in Italy specifically, to years of international business travel. He has published several previous books, including "The Goat Sleeps in the Kitchen," "A Love Affair in Tuscany," and "Shadows over Scottsdale," before turning to this account of a fictionalized moment at the hinge of the Renaissance.

"I wanted to capture that extraordinary moment when masters speak to each other across time through their work," Reina said in the announcement. "These paintings represent not just gifts, but a conversation about what it means to pursue greatness while remaining grounded in purpose and principle."

The book is published through Covenant Books and is available in hardcover and paperback, as well as through Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.

Studio CarryOnHarry is intrigued by novels that build fiction around real historical figures at a specific, dramatized turning point rather than attempting straight biography — the approach succeeds or fails based on how seamlessly the fictional moment integrates with documented historical fact.

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