Tag: Victorian

  • REVIEW of A Holiday by Gaslight: A Victorian Christmas Novella by Mimi Matthews

    REVIEW of A Holiday by Gaslight: A Victorian Christmas Novella by Mimi Matthews

    Sophie Appersett has tried to get to know her new suitor Edward Sharpe for two months. But no matter how politely she expounds upon the weather, she can elicit little response from him. Her profligate father is adamant that the match take place–how else will he fund the modernization of their country manor?–but Sophie is…

  • REVIEW of A Christmas Revelation by Anne Perry

    REVIEW of A Christmas Revelation by Anne Perry

    Worm is a street urchin who has never celebrated a real Christmas. Squeaky, the hard-shelled bookkeeper for a women’s shelter (and reformed brothel-owner) is determined to change that. Scraping together their meager funds, Squeaky plans roast goose, ribbons, tinsel, and gifts for all who will stay at the shelter on Christmas day. But as much…

  • REVIEW of No Cure for the Dead (Florence Nightingale Mystery #1) by Christine Trent

    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…

  • REVIEW of Lady Helena Investigates, by Jane Steen

    REVIEW of Lady Helena Investigates, by Jane Steen

    At first, the death of Lady Helena’s husband, Justin Whitcombe, seems nothing more than a senseless tragedy–an accidental drowning while he was trying to help a sheep trapped on the riverbank. But when handsome French physician Armand Fortier insists that the death might in fact be murder, Lady Helena must decide whether to investigate her…

  • REVIEW of A Lady in Disguise, by Sandra Byrd

    REVIEW of A Lady in Disguise, by Sandra Byrd

    Sandra Byrd’s upcoming novel, A Lady in Disguise, explores the darker side of Victorian London. When Gillian Young’s policeman father dies in suspicious and incriminating circumstances, she sets out to investigate the true facts of the matter. Helped along the way by the charming Viscount Lockwood, Gillian uncovers a trail of secret letters, mysterious money,…

  • REVIEW of The Cater Street Hangman, by Anne Perry

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted a review, but I have not been idle…well, at least, not idle when it comes to reading. I’m nearing the end of my pregnancy, and my body is much happier resting on the couch with a book than doing more strenuous activities like scrubbing the kitchen floor or…

  • REVIEW of The Face of a Stranger, by Anne Perry

    How many people in the real world actually get amnesia so badly that they can’t remember who they are or recall any of the details of their past life? Definitely not as many people as get amnesia in the literary world. Amnesia in books is used as a deus ex machina, an obvious contrivance on…