Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs Pollifax on the China Station
The retired yet adventurous Emily Pollifax heads to China to rescue a prisoner for the CIA … and almost loses her life in the bargain!
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s A Palm for Mrs Pollifax
The CIA has sent Emily Pollifax to Switzerland to a famous health resort to track down a missing package of plutonium. It’s Mrs. Pollifax’s talents that make her perfect.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s The Elusive Mrs Pollifax
From one adventure to the next, from a night-blooming cereus to a mission to deliver eight forged passports, this unlikely spy is off with a new hat.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
Life had relaxed back into Garden Clubs and teas, so when Emily Pollifax took the call from the CIA, she was all too ready to leave on a mission halfway across the world.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs Pollifax on Safari
Mrs Pollifax must identify an international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. Only, this safari gets complicated when she advertises to find Farrell.
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: Anne Perry’s Resurrection Row
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 […]
Book Review: Anne Perry’s Callander Square
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 Callander Squareby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on December 12, 1985 and has 256 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, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingSecond in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series set in Victorian London and revolving around a police inspector and his wife. My Take Each of the murders revolves around babies while the instigator is sex. It’s an interesting look at the double standards of the times and the expectations of the wives’ behaviors as most of the families on the square are torn apart. Expectations and beliefs are torn asunder although, I suspect, several of the women affected end up being much happier. I did rather enjoy Reggie having his […]
Book Review: Anne Perry’s The Cater Street Hangman
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 The Cater Street Hangmanby Anne Perry historical mystery in a Kindle edition that was published by Fawcett Books on October 12, 1998 and has 288 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, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingFirst in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in Victorian England in 1881. My Take I can’t believe that in all the years I’ve been reading this series, I missed the very beginning. I’m not sure if I’m not as impressed with this start because I’m bringing expectations to it or if it’s simply the typical rough start authors sometimes have. I have enjoyed getting the baseline, however. What assholes men of the time were! A woman is killed and that automatically means she is immoral!?? Then there’s […]
Book Review: Anne Perry’s Bethlehem Road
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 Bethlehem Roadby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on June 30, 1991 and has 313 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, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingTenth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series set in the late 19th century in London revolving around Thomas’ career as a policeman and the help provided him by Charlotte. My Take A horrifying look at the lack of women’s rights in the late 19th century in England. I really don’t care what excuses the Establishment came up with as to why women couldn’t think for themselves. When Florence Ivory unleashes her tirade at Charlotte…I just wanted to cry. It’s all well and good to make laws forcing women to […]