Book Review: Maggie Sefton’s Cast On, Kill Off
Wedding bells are ringing and the knitters are abuzz with excitement, until a murder interrupts. Kelly Flynn must solve this crime fast to keep the killer off the guest list…
Genre: mystery
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Bishop’s Tale
When a man is struck down at her uncle’s funeral, Bishop Beaufort prevails upon Sister Frevisse for help in solving the baffling crime.
Book Review: Charles Todd’s An Unmarked Grave
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 An Unmarked Graveby Charles ToddIt is part of the Bess Crawford #4 series and is a historical mystery in Paperback edition that was published by William Morrow on June 5, 2012 and has 272 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include An Impartial Witness, A Lonely Death, A Bitter Truth, The Confession, The Walnut Tree, Proof of Guilt, A Question of Honor, An Unwilling Accomplice, Hunting Shadows, A Pattern of Lies, A Fine Summer’s Day, No Shred of Evidence, The Shattered Tree, Racing the Devil, A Casualty of War, The Gate Keeper, A Forgotten Place, The Black Ascot, The Cliff’s Edge, An Irish HostageFourth in the Bess Crawford mystery series set in World War I and revolving around Bess Crawford, one of the nursing sisters helping on the front in the spring of 1918. In 2012, An Unmarked Grave was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. My Take Dang, […]
Book Review: Anne Perry’s Bluegate Fields
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 Bluegate Fieldsby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition on November 12, 1985 and has 275 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, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingSixth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt historical mystery series with this story set in the London of 1881 and revolving around Inspector Pitt and his very involved wife, Charlotte. My Take I’m going to give Perry a break on the “investigation” Pitt and the police force have done into this murder. Part of me is so irritated that they let so much slide. Another part of me believes that Perry is also using this to provide a subtle history on the development of police work with this particular story presenting a very good perspective on how society interacted: […]
Book Review: Lucy Arlington’s Buried in a Book
Former journalist Lila Watkins, now an intern who’s paid to read, is determined to find out who killed an aspiring author.
Book Review: Anne Perry’s Farriers’ Lane
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 Farriers’ Laneby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on January 31, 1994 and has 432 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, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingThirteenth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in late Victorian England. My Take I love it, I love it…Grandmama finally gets all her nastiness thrown back in her face. And about frickin’ time! It’s also rather sweet to see the about-face that Mrs. Ellison is performing. A new love, a new attitude. These are just about the only bright notes in this story. Public outcry and political pressure along with the horror of the crime caused the police to speedily find a culprit who fit within their […]
Book Review: Jane K. Cleland’s Consigned to Death
Josie Prescott has moved to New Hampshire to restore her reputation, and then her potential new client is found stabbed to death with Josie’s fingerprints everywhere.
Book Review: Ken Bruen’s Ammunition
A crazed gunman pumps a magazine of bullets into Brant, and his fellow cops wonder why someone didn’t shoot him years ago. It’s a simple answer…
Book Review: Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs
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.
Book Review: Jane K. Cleland’s Deadly Appraisal
]Her antiques business thriving and so much to lose, Josie Prescott can’t help but worry when murder invades her seemingly quiet community.