Victorian
The Specimen
Between 1859 and 1866, Gwen Carrick and her sister Euphemia live by the Helford River in Cornwall. Gwen is an…
The Revenge of Moriarty
The Revenge of Moriarty follows The Return of Moriarty. Basically, he’s baaaack! Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis, has returned from the…
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts
Sherlock Holmes has fallen into depression and is abusing his cocaine habit. When Dr Watson insists that Holmes take a…
The Water Doctor’s Daughters
This is true crime and also a Victorian melodrama which outdoes any fictional Victorian melodrama I have ever read. It…
Poacher’s Moon
This is a fine Victorian novel with action, intrigue, big houses and hardworking Yorkshire folk. It starts predictably with a…
The Lass Wore Black
In 1862, following a dinner party in London, the life of Catriona, a glamorous socialite, takes a turn for the…
The Morning Star
Katerina Alexandrovna is the most powerful necromancer in Russia, but she’d rather be studying medicine. Unfortunately, the tsar has banned…
Kipling & Trix
Mary Hamer’s Kipling and Trix elegantly walks the borders between fact and fiction in her retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s story…
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (A Madam of Espionage Mystery)
This is the third book in the India Black series, and they only get better. India Black runs an up-and-coming…
The Colours of Corruption
The Colours of Corruption’s cover is suggestive of the atmosphere the author means to evoke, in a palette of murky…
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