Mystery/Crime
Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Mystery
Having read Hilda Johansson mysteries in the past, I looked forward to reviewing the seventh book in the series. In…
The Blood Royal: A Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery
In the ninth Joe Sandilands mystery (after Strange Images of Death, 2010), the handsome police commander is back on duty…
Naughty in Nice
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 34th in line to British throne, returns in her fifth mystery. Eschewing the frigid temperatures of London,…
The Case of the Deadly Desperados
Pinky, full name P.K. Pinkerton, is trapped in a Virginia mine shaft waiting for her (or is it his?) fate.…
The Vestal Vanishes
Libertus, the ex-slave mosaic designer, returns for the 12th entry of this series set in Roman Britain during the reign…
A Mortal Terror
A Mortal Terror is the sixth book in the Billy Boyle World War II detective series. While the American army…
The Deception at Lyme, or, The Peril of Persuasion
The legendary sea wall in Lyme, called the Cobb, looms over this Austen-flavored mystery, whose sleuths are Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam…
Icefall
Solveig’s father, a Norse king, has sent her and her siblings away to a remote fortress to protect them while…
A Killing Frost
A year after German George of Hanover became King of England, the winter was so cold the Thames froze. Thus,…
The Nightmare: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft
In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft has just published her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and is active with the…
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