A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellman

August 20, 2024

At the time I wrote this (in March), there was no cover art available for the book, so the formatting for Katharine Schellman’s A Scandal in Mayfair may be a little off. The London season is just beginning in the fifth in the Lily Adler mystery series, set in...

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

May 27, 2023

Alison Goodman’s Regency mystery, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, starts out a little slow for me, but once it picked up speed, the characters and difficult cases keeps the story moving. Goodman’s notes say she’s inspired by Georgette...

Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman

July 12, 2021

Katharine Schellman’s debut historical mystery, The Body in the Garden, was one of my favorite books of 2020. Her second Lily Adler mystery, Silence in the Library, is even better. She manages to include topics of racism, classism, women’s independence,...

Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain

August 02, 2020

Once again, I read the fifth in a series, and wish I had started from the beginning. So, instead of starting with Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain, I’m suggesting you start from the beginning of the series with A Murder in Time. An FBI agent, time travel,...

The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman

April 06, 2020

Crushed. I was just crushed when I went to review Katharine Schellman’s debut mystery for a mystery column, and someone else had been assigned to the book. They better write a good review, because I loved this debut, and I’m looking forward to the next...