Historical mysteries and thrillers ranging from pre-history to the mid 1900s (plus or minus); includes Golden Age
Eight years in the making, but worth the wait… I have long wished for another book in T Lee Harris’ far-too-short Sitehuti and Nefer-Djenou-Bastet series, whose one book and three short stories I discovered and devoured during one weekend, back in 2017. It’s been one of my favorite series for years, and now my hopes, […]
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More Judge Dee is always a good thing! Qiu Xialong has now written a couple of continuation books to Robert Van Gulik’s 1950s – 1960s Judge Dee stories. The Conspiracies of the Empire is the second of these, and in it, Judge Dee, who is a real historical figure, is now older and more politically
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Although I think of Kasey Michaels primarily as a romance writer, she did write a couple of semi-mystery series – mysteries enough to be listed in SYKM, which is itself a website for all things mystery. But Michaels’ Maggie Kelly series, about a romance writer who gets dumped by her publisher and starts writing mysteries, still
The Ellie and Clifford show continues…. I had read and enjoyed a couple of the early books in Verity Bright’s Lady Eleanor Swift series (see here and here), set in 1920s England, but somehow I hadn’t kept track of the series since then. Until, that is, the title of the latest book, Murder on the
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A nice continuation in the series… I’m a big fan of historical mysteries, and I also like that dry British sense of humor (humour), so I was happy to get a chance to read a review copy of A Witness to Murder, which is the third book in Verity Bright’s Lady Eleanor (Ellie) Swift series.
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It’s nice to have a chance to catch up with John Dee again… Having read and really liked the first book in Oliver Clements’ Agents of the Crown series, The Eyes of the Queen, I was happy to receive a review copy of the latest book in the series, The Queen’s Lies, which just recently
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A nice start to a historical mystery/thriller series… I am a big fan of historical mysteries, so I was happy to have a chance to read a review copy of The Eyes of the Queen, which is the first title in Oliver Clements’ Agents of the Crown series featuring the real-life John Dee – mathematician,
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A quick and fun read – great for a summer vacation… I’ve read a few books by Ashley Weaver, and have enjoyed them, but hadn’t read any in her Electra (Ellie) McDonnell series. So I was happy to receive a review copy of Locked in Pursuit, which is the fourth and most recent title. And
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I bought Murder at the Brightwell, by Ashley Weaver, quite a long time ago, mostly because I really like historical murder mysteries. At the time, it seemed as if it might be the same sort of thing as Rhys Bowen’s Lady Georgie series, which I very much enjoy. But somehow it slipped toward the bottom
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Flavia Albia can be just as snarky as Falco… Sometimes I feel as if I’ve been hitting life’s milestones right along with Lindsey Davis’ original “informer”, Marcus Didius Falco, who seemed to be about the same age as I was when I first started reading that series. And now Falco has a daughter, Flavia Albia,
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