Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves

April 24, 2021

All those books in my place, and one Saturday I couldn’t find anything I wanted to read. I really wanted a traditional mystery because I had just watched “Agatha Christie’s England” on PBS. So, I turned to Ann Cleeves and the second Vera...

The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton

April 12, 2021

Callie Hutton’s The Sign of Death picks up exactly where A Study in Murder leaves off. If you haven’t read the first one, I definitely recommend it before picking up the second Victorian Book Club mystery. The characters in the humorous historical mystery...

Games Without Rules by Michael Gilbert

March 28, 2021

It almost seems ridiculous to discuss Michael Gilbert’s Games Without Rules. After I mentioned it on Thursday, we discussed Gilbert, his books, his characters. In fact, I’m going to do something I seldom do. I’m going to pass. However, I will say...

Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain

March 09, 2021

This is the blurb on the back cover of Suzanne Allain’s Regency romance, Mr. Malcolm’s List.: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements…deserves his...

The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

March 07, 2021

Although I’ve talked about SJ Bennett’s debut adult novel, The Windsor Knot, for months now, I hadn’t reviewed it. It’s almost release date, and time to reveal this charming book, hopefully the first in a series, Her Majesty the Queen...