Ilysa Magnus
Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of Poisons
In this, the first in a new series by the famed romance writer turned historical mystery writer, Lucrezia Borgia is,…
Blood for Blood
In this second installment of this Regency series (The Rose in the Wheel, Issue 19), S.K. Rizzolo reminds us of…
The Tribune’s Curse: SPQR VII
It is 80 B.C., and Decius Cecilius Metullus the Younger is back again, returned from the war in Gaul to…
No Graves As Yet
The prolific Perry does it again – here, with the first instalment of an anticipated five book series focusing on…
Hades’ Daughter
In the first book of an anticipated series named The Troy Game, Australian author Sara Douglass weaves a complex tale…
The Adventures of Alianore Audley
Moving from a sublime Ricardian novel to an hysterically funny one, Wainwright’s Alianore Audley holds a place…
Devil’s Bargain
It is 1191. Richard the Lionheart is on his crusade to capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land. His arch-enemy, Saladin,…
The Thorne Maze
I must admit, from the beginning, that although I have Harper’s other Elizabeth I books sitting on my “To Be…
A Maze of Murders
There is no question that C.L. Grace, or Paul Doherty (or any other of his pseudonyms), is a prolific writer…
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