Genre: Historical Mystery

A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks

A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks

  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 […]

Posted April 20, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Strangers in Time by David Baldacci @davidbaldacci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @davidbaldacci ‏@GrandCentralPub

Strangers in Time by David Baldacci @davidbaldacci.bsky.social  @grandcentralpub.bsky.social  @davidbaldacci ‏@GrandCentralPub

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 […]

Posted April 19, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 8 Comments

A Murder Most French by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @colleengleason @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

A Murder Most French by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @colleengleason @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

  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 […]

Posted April 6, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 16 Comments

Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @colleengleason @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @colleengleason @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

  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 […]

Posted March 16, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments