A summons from the Prime Minister leads to a London madam returning to the world of political intrigue and espionage alongside an enigmatic spy who knows just how to disconcert her. Carol K Carr’s Madam of Espionage series took me a bit by surprise with its lighthearted wit and banter and sometimes […]
How could I resist a historical mystery set in Victorian London featuring the madam of a house of ill-repute and a government agent on a mission! I’ve had Carol K Carr’s Madam of Espionage series on my list to read for well over a decade now and finally am getting around to […]
Ceylon has weathered Colonial rule and a recent World War and now it is poised to inaugurate its independence. Right in the midst of preparations, Inspector de Silva has a potential attempted murder paired with a missing persons’ case to solve in time for the big celebration. Harriet Steel continues to bring to life the […]
After being separated by their fathers and spending months at home in the country, Jonathan and Juliet find themselves not only in London for the Season, but on the spot at the same time for a new murder case to solve, again amongst friends they made at the Knightley’s house party. Claudia Gray has done […]
A fashion faux pas happens when Tabitha finds a body rather than a fabulous Haute Couture gown on her first visit to a Collection showing. Colleen Cambridge continues to wow me with her fun blend of real life personage Julia Child, post-WWII Paris, and her entertaining fictional characters and mystery plot. A Fashionably French […]
I have enjoyed many books by David Baldacci. Most of them were in the mystery / thriller genre. He has recently written a few standalones which are historical fiction. Strangers in Time is set during World Ward II England and has three main characters who lose the people close to them. Mr. Oliver is a […]
After satiating myself on her Phyllida Bright Mystery series featuring Agatha Christie as a character, I was eager to taste test her newer series, American in Paris featuring the delectable Julia Child as a prominent side character. Colleen Cambridge does a spectacular job melding historical real life characters and time period settings with her […]
Fourteenth century Oxfordshire, England is brought to life as a cunning “cold case” mystery is investigated by an inexperienced young surgeon new to his appointment, but savvy in observation and analyzing the case. Historical scholar, Melvin Starr was a new to me author, but I was eager to plunge into the mystery he penned. His […]
After satiating myself on her Phyllida Bright Mystery series featuring Agatha Christie as a character, I was eager to taste test her newer series, American in Paris featuring the delectable Julia Child as a prominent side character. Colleen Cambridge does a spectacular job melding historical real life characters and time period settings with her […]
Coventry- for the Corpus Christi festival and plays- is a bustling, energetic town where a missing spy and a murderer can be found. Margaret Frazer’s final Joliffe the Player mystery pulled out all the stops and delivered a medieval player’s world and town, intrigue, and a cunning mystery all in one. I was […]