Victorian
A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
It’s almost the turn of the century in London. Frances Wynn, the Countess of Harleigh, has endured the mandated year…
The House on Half Moon Street
An intriguing debut: The House on Half Moon Street is a Victorian murder mystery which features Leo Stanhope, a young…
The Flower Shop
This second book in the Seed Traders’ Saga (after The Seed Woman) begins in 1871 with Flora and her mother…
A Place Called New Hope
Letty Leighton, feeling guilty over the privileges she enjoys as a wealthy mill owner’s only daughter, aspires to build a…
The Lady Is Daring
Bennett, Lord Carson, is supposed to be looking for a wife, but after earlier disappointments he is understandably gun shy,…
The Crow Garden
Towards the end of the summer in 1856, Dr. Nathaniel Kerner arrives at Crakethorne Manor in Yorkshire, to start a…
The Murderer of Warren Street
This is the true story of a 19th-century revolutionary, but if you didn’t know that at first glance, you would…
Becoming Belle
O’Connor is a celebrated Irish author who lives near the Clancarty estate that was occupied by the “Peasant Countess,” Belle…
A Mask of Shadows
Two of my favorite things – Edinburgh and Shakespeare – form the backdrop for this historical mystery, the fourth in…
Kiss of the Spindle
The titular Sleeping Beauty in this fairy tale retelling set in the steampunk version of Victorian England is Dr. Isla…
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