Maisie Dobbs’ life takes strange turns from housemaid to graduate, nurse on the frontlines to private inquiry agent whose first case forces her to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.
Molly Murphy is supposed to give up sleuthing now that she’s married, but the murder of an alderman puts her on the trail of a killer.
I received this book for free from my own shelves in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: my own shelves Rutland Placeby Anne Perry historical mystery in a Kindle edition that was published by Open Road Media on June 14, 2011 and has 226 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Cardington Crescent, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingFifth in the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in late Victorian London and revolving around Detective Inspector Pitt and his busybody of a wife. My Take This particular story provides an in-depth look at how the mere accident of losing a trinket can have a profound effect on everyone in one’s circle. Followed with that step up to true scandal whether it’s murder or stepping out on one’s spouse. For all the desperation Caroline feels about recovering her locket, I don’t see why she doesn’t come right […]
Sister Frevisse must discover who robbed a rich landowner of his purse and his life–even if it means her own kin is condemned.
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Resurrection Rowby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on May 12, 1986 and has 224 pages.or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Cardington Crescent, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingFourth in the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in Victorian England and revolving around an unlikely couple. My Take Twisty. Perry sure went to a lot of work on this one. It’s foot-slogging having to go back over and over again. Dealing with the same people as Pitt continues to drag the bits and pieces out of them. Slowly assembling the puzzle. It’s an excellent example of why the police need to ask so many seemingly unrelated questions. You never know when one bit of information, one sly hint will be the catalyst to […]
After taking in a troupe of players and a wounded husband, Sister Frevisse must find out if one of the actors is a murderer in masquerade–or face a very unmerry Yuletide season.
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library The Novice’s Taleby Margaret Frazer historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Berkley on November 1, 1993 and has 229 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include A Play of Knaves, A Play of Lords, A Play of Treachery, A Play of Piety, Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises, A Play of HeresyCoventry, Easter, plays, murder, spies, guilds, mercer, jealousy, Judas, theater, directing, acting, suicide, costumes, religious plays,, The Servant’s Tale, The Outlaw’s Tale, The Bishop’s Tale, The Murderer’s Tale, The Boy’s Tale, The Prioress’ Tale, The Maiden’s Tale, The Squire’s Tale, Clerk’s Tale, The Bastard’s Tale, The Hunter’s Tale, The Widow’s TaleFirst in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around a group of nuns, Dame Frevisse in particular. The series is based in St. Frideswide’s priory, a Benedictine order, in Oxfordshire. This particular story takes place in September in the Year of Our Lord’s grace 1431. My Take Okay, do not read […]
Bishop Beaufort sends Joliffe to spy on the elite of Coventry while the players perform. A murder Joliffe must unravel to stop a secret sect of heretics.
An anthology of thirteen tales of medieval murder from low to high and with justice in between.
An assortment of religions through eighteen mysteries ranging from historical to contemporary, Native American to the big three of the religious world.