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REVIEW of A Thieving at Carlton House (Of Cloaks and Daggers #1) by Erica Vetsch
When Sir Bertrand Thorndike is promoted within the ranks of His Majesty’s secret agent spy service (not the real title, but you get the idea), he needs to change his persona as a hard-drinking dilettante to an upstanding member of society. His mentor, Marcus Haverly, recommends that Bertie serve on the board of a new…
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REVIEW of The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray (BLOG TOUR)
When the Knightleys of Donwell Abbey decide to hold a house party with the Darcys, the Wentworths, the Brandons, and the Bertrams, they’re not expecting an uninvited guest of Mr. Wickham’s ilk to come knocking on the door. Ever since his scandal of seducing Lydia Bennet, Wickham has been up to one scheme after another,…
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REVIEW of The Case of the Spotted Tailor (A Cunning Woman Mystery #1) by Anna Castle
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REVIEW of The Bridge to Belle Island by Julie Klassen
After Benjamin Booker loses a London court case due to the wiles of a beautiful woman, he’s determined not to make the mistake of trusting easily once again. His episodes of vertigo generally keep him from traveling, but when the retired partner of his law firm is murdered, he cannot refuse the journey to investigate…
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REVIEW of Alec Halsey Mysteries (#1-3) by Lucinda Brant
DEADLY ENGAGEMENT (Alec Halsey Mystery #1) When Alec Halsey returns home from his diplomatic adventures, he discovers that the woman he hoped to marry is now engaged to his scornful brother, the Earl of Delvin. Even stranger deeds are afoot, however, when murder most foul attends a house party of the most glittering elites in…
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REVIEW of A Murderous Malady (Florence Nightingale Mystery #2) by Christine Trent
When Florence’s best friend Liz is attacked in her carriage while traveling through the dilapidated neighborhood of Soho, her coachman is killed. Victorian nurse-turned-sleuth Florence Nightingale is enlisted to find out who was involved and why. Liz’s father, a general in the Afghanistan War, seems to be hiding something, and his callous indifference to the…
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REVIEW of Triple Jeopardy (Daniel Pitt #2) by Anne Perry
When Daniel Pitt’s sister Jemima returns to England on a visit from the States, her policeman husband Patrick has a perplexing proposition. He asks Daniel to defend a British diplomat on a minor charge of embezzlement to ensure that the man’s real crime of assault (for which he has diplomatic immunity since it was perpetrated…
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REVIEW of The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey Mysteries #1) by Ashley Gardner
Injured and dismissed from his regiment with half pay, Captain Gabriel Lacey is trying to eke out a tolerable life in London. When he comes to the rescue of an old gentleman beating on the door of a fancy townhouse, he learns that the man’s daughter was mysteriously abducted two months prior. With the aid…
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REVIEW of The Duke’s Agent (Raif Jarrett Regency Mysteries #1) by Rebecca Jenkins
When the Duke of Penrith’s provincial steward dies, Raif Jarrett comes north as the duke’s agent to sort out the tangle of mismanagement and malfeasance on the duke’s estate. Raif’s own military background is some preparation for the assortment of bullies and blackguards that he meets, but when he crosses a powerful man in town,…
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REVIEW of No Cure for the Dead (Florence Nightingale Mystery #1) by Christine Trent
In this new mystery series by Christine Trent, Florence Nightingale must not only convince the world that she is a competent superintendent of a hospital for gentlewomen–she must also solve a murder case without getting killed herself. Florence has only been superintendent for one week before the body of one of her nurses is found…
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