Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer

September 08, 2019

I’m a little nervous that Jeffrey Archer is starting a new series. I really enjoyed Nothing Ventured, but Archer says in a note to the reader that he’s working on the second, and the progress of the series will depend on his longevity. Archer is 79. The...

Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit by Patricia Marcantonio

February 24, 2019

I wish you had all read Patricia Marcantonio’s historical mystery, Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit. I want to talk about it with someone who finished it! Although it’s set in Victorian England, at the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee,...

Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

October 24, 2016

How to describe Anne Cleeland’s Doyle and Acton mysteries? They are as difficult to summarize as Louise Penny’s works. While Cleeland’s characters work for Scotland Yard, she’s created her own unusual world for them. Murder in Containment,...

Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland

January 06, 2016

When I told Kaye Wilkinson Barley that I had just finished Anne Cleeland’s Murder in Hindsight, I said, “sigh”, and she agreed. I’ve finished all three of the novels about Doyle and Acton, and it’s going to be hard to let the characters...

Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland

December 28, 2015

I’m in agreement with the reviewers who call Anne Cleeland’s New Scotland Yard mysteries original. These clever stories feature two fascinating, reclusive police detectives whose personal lives are even more intriguing than their cases. And, the more Doyle...