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 […]
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It’s great to see Fidelma and crew again… It’s hard to believe that Peter Tremayne’s Sister Fidelma series is in its 36th book, and that means I’m really old! I remember picking up the first dozen or so books in this series in paperback, on business trips to the UK in the 1990s, since they
Grave of the Lawgiver by Peter Tremayne is out today in the US – a review Read More »
Steven F Havill is still the master of the small-town police procedural… As I’ve said a time or two before, Steven F Havill’s Posadas County mysteries have been one of my favorite police procedural series, literally for decades. First Undersheriff Bill Gastner, and now his successor – and protégé – Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, find and
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Barbara Hambly is pretty well known for her Benjamin January series, in which I’ve now read (and liked) a few books. And she also writes several science fiction series, which I haven’t read and can’t comment on. Now she has a new-ish mystery series out, the Silver Screen series, with only three books – at
All three books in the Silver Screen series by Barbara Hambly are on sale right now Read More »
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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Two books in the Jack Colby, Car Detective series are $0.75 each right now in the US, which is a pretty good price, since most e-books don’t usually go below $0.99. (Unless they go free, of course…) Sadly, the sale is only at Kindle US, not at Kobo US… Buy Classic Mistake, #4 at Kindle
Two Jack Colby books by Amy Myers are on sale in the US right now Read More »
Simon Brett has a new-ish “Decluttering” series, with four books so far. And now the first one, The Clutter Corpse, is on sale for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK, and discountable at Kobo. I desperately need some help decluttering, and just the other day was eyeing a non-fiction book on how to deal with clutter. But
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A fun airplane or beach book… I tend to think of Jeri Westerson as an author of historical mysteries set in medieval England, since I’ve read and enjoyed many books in her Crispin Guest and Will Somers series. But I’m aware that she writes in other genres too, and was interested to learn that she
A review of The Mummy of Mayfair by Jeri Westerson – just published Read More »
Still an awesome series… When a series has been going for more than 20 years and more than 20 books, I imagine it might be hard for the author to keep coming up with intriguing plots; to keep the characters feeling real while still allowing them to develop and grow; and to keep the backgrounds
A review of To Seize a Queen by Fiona Buckley – recently published Read More »
A sharp mystery, although maybe a few too many historical personages… I am a big fan of mysteries that use real historical figures as protagonists and/or supporting characters, and I also like mysteries set in the US Southwest, where my dad’s family mostly lives. So I was intrigued by the possibilities for Kathryn Lasky’s new
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