The Well of Ice by Andrea Carter – a review

A nice addition to an enjoyable series…. The Well of Ice is the third entry in Andrea Carter’s Inishowen series.   In it, Carter returns to the same small town, Glendara; and the same cast of characters, including solicitor Benedicta “Ben” O’Keefe and local police Sergeant Tom Molloy; that have made the first two books so […]

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Two titles in the Lady Jane series by Annis Bell are on sale at Kindle UK

I haven’t read either of Annis Bell’s Lady Jane books, but they are published by Amazon Crossing, which does translations of mysteries from around the world for sale on Kindle. And I’ve really liked several other Amazon Crossing authors, including Martin Jensen (King’s Hounds series, !!!), Oliver Pötzsch (a couple of series), Zygmunt Miloszewski, and

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The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is on sale right now at Kindle UK

Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair is £0.99 right now at Kindle UK. I found my way to Tey’s writing via her Ricardian mystery, The Daughter of Time, which I loved. But I then really enjoyed working my way through her other books, including this non-series title, which is kind of a classic. I just wish she had published

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Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs is on sale in the UK right now

Bones Are Forever is the fifteenth Temperance Brennan book by Kathy Reichs. I’ve only recently started reading this series, with a couple of recent review copies, and although I like (really like, in some cases) the forensics, Reichs’ habit of annoying “cliff-hanger” chapter endings bugs me – a lot. You can see my reviews of

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Review of Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep – recently published

A great series starter… I’ve been hooked by Jennifer Estep’s books since I read the first two lines of her first Crown of Shards book, Kill the Queen:  “The day of the royal massacre started out like any other. With me doing something completely, utterly useless.”   How can you not keep reading a book after

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River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman is on sale today in the UK

I haven’t read River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, by Cat Jarman, but it looks fascinating, and it’s on sale for £0.99 at Kindle UK today (25 Sept 2022) as part of the Daily Deal. Jarman is a bioarcheologist, and the blurb indicates that she takes a small bead found in

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