Victorian
The Haunting
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Late 1800s: Orphaned Emily has lived twelve years at Evanshire’s Home for Neglected Girls, her only friend the dog Archie, whom she ...Read Review
The Literary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 1 and 2
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A very entertaining and often enlightening read. Holmes and Watson, in their traditional Conan Doyle personas, encounter several real-life literary greats who were ...Read Review
Only Gossip Prospers: A Novel of Louisa May Alcott in New York
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Following the success of her novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott took an extended trip to New York City. Only Gossip Prospers presents ...Read Review
The Shattered Portrait (Belle Epoque Mystery)
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Quinn’s second mystery in the Belle Époque series is set in Cannes, using the 1883 real estate scandal of the ‘Boulevard de la ...Read Review
The Unsuitable
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This novel is a well-written page turner that makes up for a somewhat dismal plot line with a deep-dive character study and nice ...Read Review
Miss Austen
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In 1840, Cassandra Austen, a woman of a certain age, makes an unexpected visit to the vicarage at Kintbury—a place of which Cassandra ...Read Review
Duke Darcy’s Castle: A Dare to Defy Novel
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Saddled by debts incurred by his predecessors, Lance Granville, the tenth Duke of Darcy, is faced with the imminent loss of his castle ...Read Review
The Head In The Ice: A Bowman of The Yard Investigation
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In the icy winter of 1891, Inspector George Bowman of the newly created London Metropolitan Police has just been released from a lunatic asylum ...Read Review
Out of Darkness, Shining Light
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This book covers the death of David Livingstone, and the way in which his body was transported, from where he died at Chitambo ...Read Review
Nothing Compares to the Duke
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1848. Years ago, Rhys Forester broke Arabella Prescott’s heart. Since then, he has pursued a life of dissipation and self-indulgence, while she remained ...Read Review