Chalice of Darkness by Sarah Rayne

February 12, 2023

Violence and murder and old tragedies. How about a historical mystery featuring a leading theatre family in London that is also a family of thieves? Sarah Rayne’s Chalice of Darkness, featuring the Fitzglens, promises all of that. The Fitzglens are a leading...

Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings

February 04, 2023

It seems this is the season for “Agony Aunt” mysteries. Although Mary Winters’ March release, Murder in Postscript is set twenty years earlier than Anastasia Hastings’ Of Manners and Murder, both books feature young women tasked with writing...

Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson

January 08, 2023

Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest medieval noir mysteries, kicks off a new historical mystery series with Courting Dragons. Will Somers actually was the jester to Henry VIII through his reign, then jester to all of Henry’s children, including Elizabeth...

Bookclubbed to Death by V.M. Burns

December 21, 2022

Release date for V.M. Burns’ eighth Mystery Bookshop mystery, Bookclubbed to Death, is Dec. 27. I usually don’t review a book a week ahead of time, but now you have time to pre-order it, place it on hold at your local library, or use a gift card you...

City of Fortune by Victoria Thompson

December 04, 2022

I love a good con novel. Although City of Fortune is Victoria Thompson’s sixth Counterfeit Lady novel, you don’t have to have read previous ones to catch up quickly with the characters. The plot itself stands alone. But, it’s the three main...