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
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A classic and thoroughly enjoyable Bruno book… I was happy to see that the latest book in Martin Walker’s Bruno series, A Grave in the Woods, was on sale at Kindle UK for a very nice price while I was on a business trip there a few days ago. And what’s even more amusing and
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A fun mystery in an appealing setting… As I’ve mentioned on this blog a time or two, I’m a sucker for mysteries set in France, so I was thrilled to receive an advance review copy of Susan C Shea’s Murder Visits a French Village. And I liked it a lot. As the story opens, Ariel
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A not-so-cozy mystery in a wonderfully cozy setting… In his fifteenth full-length Bruno mystery, coming out tomorrow, Martin Walker has created a wonderful mix of crime investigation, scrumptious food, Périgordian history, Bruno’s friends and colleagues, and of course, Bruno himself. And readers also get a healthy dose of Bruno’s basset hound, Balzac, and Balzac’s adorable
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Much more than a traditional thriller…. Thrillers are often not my thing, so I’m still not quite sure why I picked up A Long Night in Paris and started reading it, ahead of all the other books in my “to be read” pile. But I’m glad I did. I think I was originally pulled in
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