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 […]
I’ve enjoyed every book I’ve read by Lynn Painter. They always seem to have very fun banter and humor. So I always want to read her books. The setting for this seems to be Omaha Nebraska with a Warren Buffet type character. Maid for Each Other is a class difference book, not that they really […]
The Dangerous Damsels series began this world with its witty, hilarious antics. The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love continues the tradition in a new series in the same world, Love’s Academic. It isn’t necessary to have read the previous books as they are not mentioned at all. Those books are so fun I wouldn’t miss […]
My current favorite genre is mysteries. I’ve always enjoyed this author and narrator so I was happy to try them in a new genre for them. The start was a bit slow since some of the characters were over the top cliché which, honestly, I accept more easily in paranormal romance than I do in […]
San Francisco’s most adorable snoop is back and delving into the death of an online influencer who’s an off-line enigma. Jesse Sutanto’s Vera Wong captured my heart and funny bone in the first book so I didn’t hesitate to reach for this latest. Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping is the second book in a series. […]
Have you ever been a part of a fandom? I have been involved in a few over the years some focused on books and others on tv series, one for Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my first. They are really fun communities that you share a love of a show or book and dig down […]
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 […]
Lynn Painter is the absolute master at banter. I would enjoy her books just for the humor. The dialogue is generally a bit blunt and sassy. The characters go a bit wildly silly and add in pop culture sometimes in some of the banter and it’s just fun. It’s meant to be a bit outrageous. […]
The third leg of the Lost Night Files trilogy that caught fire with me from the opening paragraphs of the first book. I loved the spooky, mysterious locations, the mystery, the conspiracy and intrigue, psychic abilities that needed to be controlled, and, of course the romances of the previous two books and looked forward to […]