Mary F. Burns
Verdict of the Court: A mystery set in sixteenth-century Ireland (A Burren Mystery)
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In the latest in the chronicles of medieval Irish judge—”Brehon”—Mara, she keeps up the pace of the previous books in suspense, ...Read Review
Midnight in Europe
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Readers of Furst’s excellent inter-war espionage novels will find themselves in familiar territory for this one. It is the end of 1937, and ...Read Review
Immortal Muse
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This is an ambitious book with a fascinating theme and a wide-ranging cast of characters. It starts in the present, with every other ...Read Review
Mount Terminus
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It is the very early days of cinematography – so early that Thomas Edison is still inventing the Kinetoscope – and Jacob Rosenbloom is the ...Read Review
Love & Treasure
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At the end of WWII, American soldier Jack Wiseman, a Jew, is assigned to look after a trainload of “items” shipped from Hungary ...Read Review
The Sleep Room
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Readers of Frank Tallis’ Max Liebermann mystery series can rest assured that Tallis is just as good a writer when he’s not ...Read Review
Machiavelli: A Renaissance life
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Styled a “nonfiction novel,” Machiavelli is a doorstop of a book about the famous (and infamous) Florentine civil servant and philosopher who managed ...Read Review
The Fountain of St James Court or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman
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Writing two novels in one, Naslund juxtaposes chapters set up as “Fountain” or “Portrait” to chronicle two artistic women: Kathryn Callahan, a 69-year-old ...Read Review
Thoreau at Devil’s Perch
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First in a new series, this is a well-constructed murder mystery set in 1840s New England. Thoreau is residing at Walden Pond, and ...Read Review
Claws of the Cat
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A new mystery series is like a beautifully wrapped gift from a good friend—the whole package is enticing, and you’re eager ...Read Review
