A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

March 25, 2019

I recently mentioned the Veronica Speedwell series, and a fellow librarian said it was one of his favorite series. Yes, mine too. Deanna Raybourn’s adventurous Victorian lepidopterist and her fellow natural scientist, Stoker, are intelligent and witty with...

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,...

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

October 15, 2018

I’ve read the second, and now the third Lady Sherlock mystery by Sherry Thomas. I’m afraid I’m just not the right audience for these books, although I’m a big fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and some of the pastiches. I found...

A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman

July 14, 2018

Diane Freeman’s debut Countess of Harleigh mystery, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder, was enchanting. It’s a suspenseful story with appealing characters, and a courageous amateur sleuth. Actually, it was just fun. Frances Price was a commoner,...

A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

September 20, 2017

Somewhere in a pile, I have A Study in Scarlet Women, the first Lady Sherlock book by Sherry Thomas. But, I started it, and didn’t care for the predicament Charlotte Holmes was in. However, when I finished A Conspiracy in Belgravia, I could see why others liked...