The Girl from Greenwich Street by Lauren Willig

March 02, 2025

I don’t know when I read a historical mystery as intriguing as Lauren Willig’s The Girl from Greenwich Street. Just before Christmas in 1789, Elma Sands walked out of her cousin’s boarding house in New York City, and was not seen again. Her cousins...

A Slant of Light by Kathryn Lasky

February 08, 2025

I’ll admit I bogged down in the middle of Kathryn Lasky’s third Georgia O’Keeffe historical mystery, A Slant of Light. Lasky had to bring together so many characters, so much history. And, some of what I love about these books was missing at times....

Rebellious Grace by Jeri Westerson

January 08, 2025

I liked Jeri Westerson’s Crispin Guest medieval noir mysteries. However, I read the first in her King’s Fool series, and now the third, Rebellious Grace. This series, set during the reign of Henry VIII, is filled with politics, court fashion, and customs....

Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones

November 18, 2024

In her debut mystery, Kristi Jones takes us to a World War II theater we seldom read about, Algiers in North Africa. Set in 1943, Murder in the Ranks introduces Dorothy (Dottie) Lincoln, a squad leader in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. The women are glorified...

Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs

November 09, 2024

A modern “New Woman”, Miss Marigold Manners cleans up a house, a family, and two murders in Elizabeth Hobbs’ historical mystery, Misery Hates Company. In 1894, after the death of both her parents due to influenza, Miss Marigold Manners learns they...