Book Review: Joanne Harris’ Peaches for Father Francis
The town of Lansquenet, to which Vianne Rocher had sworn never to return, welcomes her with Father Francis desperate for her help and the Muslim community in an uproar.
Source: my own shelves
Book Review: Laurell K. Hamilton’s Kiss the Dead
U.S. Marshal Anita Blake must find a 15-year-old girl abducted by vampires only to be confronted by an entire group of ordinary people turned vampire and willing to die for it.
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: 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: Anne Perry’s Rutland Place
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 […]
Book Review: J.D. Robb’s Celebrity in Death
Lt. Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she’s having a good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating ‘The Icove Agenda’, a film based on one of her cases.
Book Review: Kim Harrison’s A Perfect Blood
Witch-turned-day-walking demon Rachel Morgan is pulled in to investigate the who and why of ritually murdered corpses appearing all over Cincinnati.
Book Review: Elizabeth George’s Playing for the Ashes
I’m the one who’s answerable for my father’s death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.
Book Review: Diana Gabaldon’s The Scottish Prisoner
Set in 1760, the unforgettable Lord John Grey – soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade – fights for his crown, his honor, and his own secrets.
Book Review: Lorelei James’ Long Hard Ride
The sex is getting old, one ménage after another… This deal with Channing taking care of all these rodeo boys opens Colby’s eyes up as well as his heart.