Death with Dostoevsky is the fourth book in Bolger Hyde’s Crime with Classics series. I almost never ever pick up a book in the middle of a series so this was a rare …
[review] Shadows of Hemlock by K.M. Pohlkamp
Shadows of Hemlock is the worthy sequel to K.M. Pohlkamp’s award-winning novel, Apricots and Wolfsbane. Both of these books feature a strong female assassin in Tudor England. That one line …
[review] The Dead Don’t Wait by Michael Jecks
The Dead Don’t Wait is an interesting historical mystery set during the reign of Queen Mary. This is the fourth book in the series, but the first one that I …
[review] The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas is an intriguing mix of genre styles, from fiction to mystery, investigative journalism to biography. It’s also a mash of story-telling, emails, letters, transcripts …
[review] Murder for Good by Veronica Heley
Murder for Good is, unbelievably, the TWENTIETH, instalment in the Ellie Quick Mystery series. I can’t believe I hadn’t discovered this series before now. Usually I don’t request books …
[review] Shadows by R.J. Furness [blog tour]
Shadows is Part 1 in the Sapphire Smyth and The Shadow Five series by R.J. Furness. I say “Part 1” rather than “Book 1” since this is a six-part, serialised …
[review] The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey [blog tour]
The Gilded King continues my run of trying out books that aren’t in my regular reading schedule. When The Write Reads announced this book tour, the book blurb sounded really interesting …
[review] The Queen of Warriors by Zenobia Neil [blog tour]
The Queen of Warriors, Alexandra of Sparta, vowed her sword and her heart to the goddess Artemis. And the goddess blessed her. But no warrior lives at peace, and soon, …