Lion Fiction
The Crystal Crypt (Poppy Denby Investigates)
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Oxford, 1925: a young woman scientist is found dead, apparently electrocuted, in a university laboratory. In the sixth of Fiona Veitch Smith’s Poppy ...Read Review
The Art Fiasco (Poppy Denby Investigates)
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In 1924 Poppy Denby, star reporter of London’s Daily Globe, travels to Northumberland to celebrate her father’s 60th birthday. She stops off ...Read Review
Without a Trace
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This is the latest instalment in a series of mediaeval mysteries starring Hugh Singleton, a surgeon with a second job as the bailiff ...Read Review
The Death Beat
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In this third installment of the Poppy Denby Investigates series, our titular heroine, a burgeoning reporter, begins the novel enraged with her managing ...Read Review
Deeds of Darkness
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In Deeds of Darkness, the tenth installment of the Hugh de Singleton medieval mystery series, the titular character Hugh, Oxford surgeon, is called ...Read Review
The Jazz Files
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The Jazz Files was a book that I offered to review because it sounded somewhat intriguing, and I felt like I ought to ...Read Review
Ashes to Ashes: The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, Book 8
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England, 1369. Surgeon Hugh de Singleton, bailiff of Bampton, is summoned to examine human remains—bones—discovered in the ashes of the St. John’...Read Review
The Peacock Throne
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Two murders thrust Anthony, the elegant new Earl of Danby, and the impoverished Lydia Garrett together in Regency London. The two victims, Anthony’...Read Review
The Abbess of Whitby
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Like all Oxford history students of my generation, I had to start my course by studying Bede’s History of the English Church ...Read Review
Only with Blood
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Set in rural Ireland during World War II, this gripping story combines family drama with nerve-racking political thrills. As 17-year-old Caitlin Spillane is ...Read Review
