Ellen Keith
Winter in June
Third in Haines’s Rosie Winter mystery series, this outing finds the World War II-era actress on a steamer to the…
Angel’s Flight
Boston blueblood Mercy Alcutt returns in the second book in Duncan’s series set in 1920s Los Angeles. Mercy, a budding…
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Gill, biographer of Florence Nightingale, turns her attention to one of the most famous marriages of 19th-century England, that of…
The King of Ragtime
The King of Ragtime is Karp’s second mystery featuring Scott Joplin. Following The Ragtime Kid, set in 1899 in Sedalia,…
Devil’s Garden
With the rash of mysteries featuring famous people as amateur detectives, I tend to sigh when I see another one,…
Silent on the Moor
Editors' choice
Widowed Lady Julia Grey returns in this third outing to openly pursue Nicholas Brisbane, a private investigator she first encountered…
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
Fifth in Willig’s “Pink Carnation” series, this latest outing finds historian Eloise Kelly sidetracked in her search for the floral…
A Matter of Justice
When a mystery series gets into the double digits, I grow concerned that the plot and character development become rote,…
The Leopard’s Prey
Fourth in Arruda’s Jade del Cameron series, The Leopard’s Prey is thoroughly engaging from beginning to end. American Jade is…
The Black Hand
Fifth in Thomas’s series of Victorian mysteries featuring the enigmatic private detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn, this…
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