Victorian
Bitter Inheritance
Sally Mason faces losing her farm home when her parents die leaving her penniless. In spite of her pleas her…
No Mortal Reason
After reuniting with her estranged mother in Fatal as a Fallen Woman, reporter Diana Spaulding is determined to meet the…
Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans
Emily Brightwood is at the top of her game in this, the twenty-second in the Mrs. Jeffries series of cozy…
In the Tenth House
In the Tenth House explores the blurred lines between spiritualism and science in London of 1896. The story begins when…
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels…
A Poisoned Season
Garden parties, jewel thefts, romance, and murder—Lady Emily Ashton takes the 1889 London season in her stride. Young, lovely, and…
Tilly True
Tilly True is another of Dilly Court’s sagas set in Victorian London. It’s a big read, over 500 pages, spanning…
The Cockney Sparrow
1889. Struggling to make a living in the slums of Cheapside, London, Clemency Skinner supports her crippled brother Jack and…
Tom Bedlam
The author has Charles Dickens among his favorite authors, but Tom Bedlam reminds me more of Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett,…
The Companion
London, 1864: Elizabeth Martin, the daughter of a charitable thus penurious country doctor, takes a post as paid companion to…
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