A bunch of books in the Jack Daniels (Lt Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels) series by JA Konrath are free right now, including the first two, and a bunch more are available for $0.99 each at Kindle US. The first few books in the series were conventionally published, and per SYKM, the first book, Whiskey Sour, was a […]
I’m from California, so for me, “trembling lands” has an entirely different meaning… Oddly enough, although I am a big fan of historical mysteries, especially those set in unusual times or places, I haven’t previously read any of Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January series, set in 1830s New Orleans. Recently, however, I received a review copy
A review of Murder in the Trembling Lands by Barbara Hambly Read More »
Rosemary Stevens wrote a number of Regency romances in the 1990s, and then she crossed over and wrote four historical mysteries in the early 2000s, also set in the Regency period, featuring Beau Brummel as the protagonist. She won an Agatha Award for Best First Novel for the first book in that series, Death on
All four books in Rosemary Stevens’ Beau Brummel series are on sale right now Read More »
Kobo usually ties their gift card bonus offers to a holiday, and right now it’s Black Friday. Not totally sure that’s a “holiday”, but it seems to be a good enough excuse for a bonus gift card offer, and that’s a good thing! The bonus offers vary – sometimes $10 on $60, or even
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If you’ve somehow missed trying Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police series, now’s your chance – an omnibus of the first three books in the series is on sale in the US for $4.99, which is less than $2 a book if you need all three. I’ve been reading this series from the beginning,
Back in the 1990s and 2000s, Sharan Newman wrote ten excellent historical mysteries, set in 12th century France, featuring former religieuse and scholar Catherine LeVendeur as the protagonist. Newman herself has a doctorate in medieval studies, and this shows in the wonderful and informative (but never boring) settings she created. The tensions between Jews
The Catherine LeVendeur books by Sharan Newman – a series review Read More »
As usual for the weekend, Joffe has a couple of free books – one mystery and one romance. What’s not usual is that I’m getting around to posting these sometime before Sunday afternoon. Woo-hoo! These are ostensibly free just for today, Friday, but in practice are usually free through the weekend. You can probably figure out
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A fitting finish to the trilogy… I came late to reading Nora Roberts “as Nora Roberts”, although I’ve long enjoyed her In Death mystery series, which she has written using a different pen name, JD Robb. And even now, the three-book Lost Bride series is the only trilogy of Roberts’ that I’ve read – so
A review of The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts – published yesterday Read More »
I’ve haven’t read this personally, and series-continuations, or in this case, series-interpolations, can be tricky things. But Karla’s Choice, which is set in John le Carré’s Circus universe, and time-wise, in between The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, gets pretty good reviews, so I thought I’d post it. It’s
Karla’s Choice, by Nick Harkaway, is on sale today in the US Read More »
Georges Simenon’s classic Inspector Maigret books are being reissued in e-book format, and Humble Bundle has a collection of the first eighteen reissued books for just $18. That works out to just $1 per book if you need them all. (And if you haven’t read any Maigret books, then you definitely need them all
