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 […]
This is a series I’ve been meaning to finish for years and I determined this would be one I finished for the Series on Sunday especially since I’m down to the last two books. Joliffe has returned from war and espionage training to rejoin the traveling troupe of actors who have […]
Turbulent times in Elizabethan England when the Protestant Reformation continues to battle with Catholicism, Spain is threatening a sea invasion, and Queen Elizabeth must constantly prove she can hold her throne. Sir Francis Bacon is one of her brilliant intelligencers and for this second entry in Anna Castle’s well-researched historical mystery series, he has sent […]
A sidelined journey, a London encounter, a mysterious eye necklace, a jewel heist, and second chances all around in this engaging blend of mystery and romance in a variation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. Lyndsay Constable writes a fun romantic caper that read swiftly, but was thoroughly captivating. A Lover’s Fine Eye is a […]
Off to London goes the Agatha Christie household for town living and a staging of one of Agatha’s plays, if a fiendish murderer doesn’t kill the play before it even gets started. Colleen Cambridge has built a sparkling keen historical cozy mystery series with a fascinating amateur sleuth in the skilled and clever housekeeper, Phyllida […]
The Christies are away, the new vacuum cleaner is in route, the maids are love crazy over the new valet, and a mysterious invitation to a murder is delivered to Mallowan Hall. Phyllida soon discovers that someone is not playing games when the corpse at the party turns out to be truly dead. Colleen Cambridge’s […]