Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s Clerk’s Tale
A murdered man is found in the cloister garden, and Dame Frevisse must put aside her feelings and serve justice for the murder of an unjust man who was not liked.
Genre: historical mystery
Book Review: Anne Perry’s Midnight at Marble Arch
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley Midnight at Marble Archby Anne Perry historical mystery in an eARC edition that was published by Ballantine Books on April 9, 2013 and has 353 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, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingTwenty-eighth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Victorian mystery series. I was provided an eARC by NetGalley and Ballantine Books. My Take It’s been awhile since I’ve read this series, and I’ve recently started back up, to catch up with events because I just adore Charlotte and Thomas. Two people who hold to a sense of morality and justice no matter what. It doesn’t hurt that I enjoy reading an historical mystery! This particular story was an odd combination of melodrama, what I consider overly twisted clues — the times when everyone sat down to […]
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Squire’s Tale
It’s not just the women who can be forced in 1442, for Robert Fenner was forced to marry, is being forced to go to war, and forced to choose a husband for the woman he loves.
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: Bruce Macbain’s The Bull Slayer
A Roman is murdered outside a frontier province, and the new governor, Pliny, must sort through the many leads before discovering a betrayal of the highest.
Book Review: Jacqueline Winspear’s Messenger of Truth
Maisie Dobbs uncovers a dark legacy and to solve the mystery of the artist’s death, she must remain steady as the forces behind his death come out of the shadows to silence her.
Book Review: Jacqueline Winspear’s Pardonable Lies
Maisie Dobbs must prove Sir Cedric’s aviator son, Ralph Lawton, died when shot down in 1917, and she reunites with Priscilla Evernden in the former battlefields of France, whose brother is somehow connected.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Reeve’s Tale
As illness and murder cast a cloud over Prior Byfield, fear and suspicion reign — and Frevisse’s keen deductions lead her closer to the disturbing truth.
Book Review: Rhys Bowen’s The Twelve Clues of Christmas
A hostess job in Tiddleton rescues Lady Georgie from a dreary family Christmas with Fig only to land her in the twelve days of murder…and a long-standing witch’s curse.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Maiden’s Tale
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 Maiden’s Taleby Margaret Frazer historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Berkley on August 1, 1998 and has 256 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 Novice’s Tale, The Servant’s Tale, The Outlaw’s Tale, The Bishop’s Tale, The Murderer’s Tale, The Boy’s Tale, The Prioress’ Tale, The Squire’s Tale, Clerk’s Tale, The Bastard’s Tale, The Hunter’s Tale, The Widow’s TaleEighth in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around Dame Frevisse and her talent for ferreting out the truth. This story takes place in London at her cousin Alice’s home, Coldharbour House. This takes place after Joliffe’s adventures in Normandy in A Play of Treachery. My Take It’s all about politics […]