Victorian
Dance with Death (A Barker & Llewelyn Novel 12)
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A delicious romp through Victorian London’s high society as well as its criminal underworld, this book, the thirteenth in the Barker & ...Read Review
Karolina, or the Torn Curtain (UK) / Karolina and the Torn Curtain (US)
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Cracow, 1895. When Mrs Zofia Turbotyska returns home from the Easter celebrations, she finds to her absolute horror that her maid, Karolina, has handed ...Read Review
An Unexpected Peril (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery)
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I am always thrilled when I learn of a new installment in the Veronica Speedwell series—and this one was well worth the ...Read Review
Legacy of Death (A Matthew Rowsley Mystery Book 2)
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It is about 1850, and Thorncroft Estate in Shropshire, England, is suffering. They have experienced financial losses due to the former land agent, and ...Read Review
Circus of Wonders
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Set in the 1860s, when the craze for circuses, and particularly “human wonders”, was booming, Macneal’s second novel explores this glamorous, tawdry ...Read Review
In the Palace of Flowers
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In Iran in 1895, Jamila, an Abyssinian slave of one of Shah Nasser al-Din Qajar’s numerous wives, lives in the Golestan (flowery) Palace. ...Read Review
The Winds of Morning (Donovan Family Saga)
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The famine of the 1840s has decimated Ireland, and young Molly O’Brien has replaced her father, working a 16-hour day breaking rocks ...Read Review
The Sign of Death: A Victorian Book Club Mystery
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Bath, 1891: Lady Amy and Lord William enjoy a close friendship that includes attending meetings of the local mystery book club. That group at ...Read Review
The Dressmaker’s Secret
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Born to an unmarried mother, Lily Hayter has never lacked for love from her adopted parents and her brother Charlie. When she is ...Read Review
The Mirrored Palace
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In the last decade of the 19th century, American Lieutenant Reynolds is given the task of turning long-time British spy, Colonel Hodgson, to ...Read Review