Wouldn’t It Be Deadly by D. E. Ireland Series: Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins #1 Published by Macmillan on 2014-09-23 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 336 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins make an incomparable pair of sleuths in the start of a delightful new series…. Read more »
Tag: historical mystery
The Curious Case of Lady Latimer’s Shoes, by Stephanie Laurens (review)
Description: With her husband, amateur-sleuth the Honorable Barnaby Adair, decidedly eccentric fashionable matron Penelope Adair is attending the premier event opening the haut ton’s Season when a body is discovered in the gardens. A lady has been struck down with a finial from the terrace balustrade. Her family is present,… Read more »
An Air of Treason (Robert Carey mystery) by P. F. Chisolm (review)
Description: After his hair-raising adventures in London, Sir Robert Carey has finally tracked down Queen Elizabeth, who is about to make a state visit to Oxford. But instead of giving the Courtier his much-needed warrant and fee for being Deputy Warden of the West March with Scotland, Her Majesty orders… Read more »
The Peculiar Case of Lord Finsbury’s Diamonds, by Stephanie Laurens
Review: The Peculiar Case of Lord Finsbury’s Diamonds is a novella featuring Barnaby Adair and his wife Penelope (nee Ashford) and Inspector Stokes and his wife Griselda, all characters from 2008’s Where the Heart Leads. Laurens has long planned a series of historical mystery-cum-romances involving Barnaby and Stokes, and the… Read more »
An Old Betrayal, by Charles Finch
An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #7 Published by Macmillan on November 12th 2013 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 294 Source: the publisher Also in this series: The Laws of Murder, A Beautiful Blue Death, The September Society, The Fleet Street Murders, Home By Nightfall, The… Read more »
Treasures from the Hoard: Locked Rooms (Mary Russell #8), by Laurie R. King
Locked Rooms Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #8 on June 21, 2005 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Dreaming Spies, The Murder of Mary Russell, Locked Rooms, Riviera Gold, Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense, The Lantern’s Dance En route to San Francisco to settle her… Read more »
REVIEW: Heirs and Graces (Her Royal Spyness) by Rhys Bowen
Heirs and Graces Series: Her Royal Spyness #7 on August 6, 2013 Pages: 295 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Twelve Clues of Christmas As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners…. October 24, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★★★
Valley of The Shadow, by Carola Dunn (review)
Valley of the Shadow by Carola Dunn Series: Cornish Mysteries #3 Published by Minotaur Books on December 11, 2012 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Anthem for Doomed Youth, Gone West, Heirs of the Body,… Read more »
The Twelve Clues of Christmas, by Rhys Bowen (review)
The Twelve Clues of Christmas Series: Her Royal Spyness #6 on Nov. 6, 2012 Pages: 311 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Heirs and Graces On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping… Read more »
Gone West by Carola Dunn
Gone West by Carola Dunn Series: Daisy Dalrymple #20 Published by Minotaur Books on January 17, 2012 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Anthem for Doomed Youth, Heirs of the Body, The Corpse at the… January 20, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½