Victorian
The Silent Companions
Ghost stories are having a revival at present, and Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions, set in the 19th century, is a worthy newcomer to…
Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons
Lucknow, India, 1857: Before it was annexed by the British East India Company, the Indian princely state of Awadh was an almost…
The Fourteenth Letter
The story, set in London in 1881, begins in dramatic fashion with the brazen murder of Phoebe Stanbury. A naked…
Railways & the Raj
‘Love India and you have to love its railways’, writes Christian Wolmar. If you love either railways or India, and…
The Wicked Cometh
This is a beautiful book, inside and out. For once you can judge a book by its cover, in this…
Kitty Peck and the Daughter of Sorrow
Kitty Peck, ex-dancing girl and now proprietor of a vast criminal empire in Victorian London, is in trouble. Her grandmother,…
Last Stop in Brooklyn
It’s summer 1894 in Brooklyn, and private detective Mary Handley is a busy woman. Not only has the brother of…
Renoir’s Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
In the late 19th century, Suzanne Valadon was a muse and model for some of Paris’ most highly acclaimed artists.…
Edinburgh Twilight
This smart mystery series set in Scotland in 1881 introduces Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton as he investigates a string of…
A Lady in Shadows
On June 2, 1894, French president Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by an Italian. In the streets of Varbourg,…
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