Book Review: Charles Todd’s Proof of Guilt
A victim run down and left. His past providing a link Inspector Ian Rutledge can’t ignore, that pits him against the new Acting Chief Superintendent.
Book Review: Jill Paton Walsh’s Attenbury Emeralds
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Attenbury Emeraldsin Hardcover edition on January 4, 2011 and has 338 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Third (& last?) in the Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane historical mystery series carried on from Dorothy L. Sayers by Jill Paton Walsh. My Take It is a recollection of Lord Peter’s rising as a detective to his “death” as a detective now that he has something of more immediacy to occupy his thoughts, using the stories and intrigue surrounding the Attenbury emeralds through the years. This was a sad tale, partly because it doesn’t even feel like a Dorothy Sayers and partly because there is so much loss. We do learn what happened when Peter came home from the war, a broken man. How Bunter came to enter his service and save him. There are bits of fun along the way; I did enjoy reading of Peter’s first case and his fledgling efforts — that linen closet was rather funny. Sugg was an idiot. One of those policemen who give all cops a bad […]
Word Confusion: Down Stairs versus Downstairs
If you want to go downstairs, you’ll have to walk down the stairs in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Wail vs Wale vs Whale
It’s a’wailing we are as we go whaling through the wales of the seas in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Fury
When a group is suspected of causing a tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya must come to Court where the emperor has commissioned a play to ease racial tensions, and the writer has his own ideas about who should be the focus.
Book Review: Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Silence
Kaylin’s past puts her under a cloud of suspicions when the city’s oracles warn of brewing unrest in the outer fiefdoms.
Book Review: Ian Rankin’s Standing in Another Man’s Grave
John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years.
Book Review: Robin Maxwell’s Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzanin Hardcover edition on September 18, 2012 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon With the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate blessing, Maxwell provides us with Jane’s perspective on the Ape-Man who rescued her from certain death. My Take This really is good. If you enjoy the Tarzan stories (or movies!), you will enjoy this perspective of an “emancipated” woman of 1905, whose dream of exploring Africa at her father’s side is fulfilled. Maxwell uses language beautifully: creating a setting for 1905; using the words [of the time] a woman of good family, champing at the restrictive bits of being a woman, would use to express her frustration; and, digging into Jane’s thoughts as she discovers the freedom of being wild in an unEnglish jungle, freedom from the restrictions of her mother and her society, and the freedom of learning what is important to her as a person. It’s an adventurous blend of H. Rider Haggard, Robinson Crusoe, Burroughs, history, and a scientific journal as we settle […]
Book Review: Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Secret
A girl in a pool needs help, a mysterious ancient box with no keyhole, holding a great darkness inside is stolen in Elani Street. It’s another day in Private Kaylin Neya’s life.
Book Review: Cindy Gerard’s To the Edge
Jillian Kincaid never wants another bodyguard, even if it’s the seductive Nolan Garrett. Far from the spoiled princess he expected, Jillian is tough, independent, and fighting him every step of the way.