Mystery/Crime
Death of a Dowager
Jane Eyre and her husband Rochester travel to London in 1821 to visit an ocular specialist who might be able…
The Paris Affair
The Paris Affair begins with a two-page list of characters, a mix of real historical figures and fictional people. The…
At the Dying of the Year (Richard Nottingham Mysteries)
The year is 1733, and it has not been an easy one for Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds. Still recovering…
City of Devils
Set in wintry 1887 Turin, this blockbuster follows James Murray, a young Scottish doctor in training with eminent, medico-crime expert,…
Murder in Chelsea
This fifteenth installment of Victoria Thompson’s popular Gaslight era mysteries hits midwife and widow Sarah Brandt close to home. The…
The Death of Lyndon Wilder & the Consequences Thereof
I don’t normally comment on format, but I felt I had to with this novel. Its compact size (albeit with…
The Hanging of Samuel Ash: A Hook Runyon Mystery
The talents of one-armed railroad detective Hook Runyon are put to the test in the mystery The Hanging of Samuel…
The Path of the Wicked
Queen Victoria’s Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli calls upon his favorite “private intelligencer,” gentlewoman Liberty Lane, at the start of history-mystery…
Murders Most Foul
In 1861, Detective Constable Faro has to solve the mystery of a murdered woman whose body has been found abandoned…
Chain of Evidence
Ireland was a wild place during the time when Henry VIII was on England’s throne. Cardinal Wolsey has sent Stephen…
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