Mary F. Burns
The Mercury Fountain
This is an amazing book. Factor’s writing bumps up against magical realism time and again in the most wonderful way…
The Mysterium: A Hugh Corbett Mystery
The 17th entry in the Sir Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries opens with a “locked cell” murder of a much-hated, highly…
The Frozen Rabbi
Starting with the humorous title, this literary, quasi-historical novel comes with its own background “chuckle track” – you won’t be…
Lion of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
This collection of brief accounts of ten “legends” of 18th and early 19th century America is a fine introduction to…
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra
This is Gilbert’s third Sherlock Holmes mystery, though the first I’ve read. The premise of this story is a throwaway…
The Mermaid Garden
Heartache and romance wing their way from a palazzo in Italy to an old hotel in Devon-by-the-Sea in England –…
The Raven’s Bride
We all know how sad and dreary Edgar Allan Poe’s life was, in real life and in his stories and…
The Seven Churches: A Gothic Novel of Prague
This unusual, almost-science-fiction novel plays with the historical sense of time and culture and poses some questions: Is humanity “better”…
Nightshade
In this, the 16th of the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries, Doherty has poor Hugh out on the road again at…
Purple Daze
It’s strange to consider that a story that took place in 1965 can be termed historical fiction – but only…
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