The Devil in Music

The Devil in Music

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• Monday, March 14, 2022

  The Devil in Music (1997) by Kate Ross In a flashback to four years ago, Ross starts the story with Lodovico Malvezzi, an autocratic Ital...

Home by Nightfall

Home by Nightfall

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• Saturday, March 12, 2022

  Home by Nightfall (2015) by Charles Finch Charles Lenox finds his attention divided in this ninth entry in the series. All of London is a...

The Laws of Murder

The Laws of Murder

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• Thursday, March 10, 2022

  The Laws of Murder (2014) by Charles Finch Charles Lenox has left Parliament and thrown his luck in with John Dallington, Polly Buchanan,...

Whom the Gods Love

Whom the Gods Love

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• Wednesday, March 9, 2022

  Whom the Gods Love (1995) by Kate Ross When Alexander Falkland is murdered in his own study while a house party was in full swing just a ...

The Ghost Finders

The Ghost Finders

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• Thursday, March 3, 2022

  The Ghost Finders (2021) ~Adam McOmber The Ghost Finders firm, founded by Phillip Langford, consists of Henry Caxton, Violet Asquith, and...

A Broken Vessel

A Broken Vessel

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• Monday, February 28, 2022

  A Broken Vessel (1994) by Kate Ross Regency dandy Julian Kestrel is brought into a second mystery--this time by the sister of his valet, ...

The Egyptologist

The Egyptologist

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• Sunday, February 6, 2022

  The Egyptologist (2004) by Arthur Phillips The first storyline opens in Egypt,1922. Ralph Trilipush, Egyptologist lately of Harvard, is w...

Murder at the Spring Ball

Murder at the Spring Ball

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• Saturday, February 5, 2022

  Murder at the Spring Ball (2021) by Benedict Brown Set in England, 1925. After his beloved wife's death, Christopher Prentiss's g...

Cut to the Quick

Cut to the Quick

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• Tuesday, February 1, 2022

  Cut to the Quick (1993) by Kate Ross Julian Kestrel--dandy, man about town. Devoted to the gaming tables and the latest Regency-era fashi...

An Old Betrayal

An Old Betrayal

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• Saturday, January 29, 2022

 An Old Betrayal (2013) Charles Lenox's detective protégé, Lord John Dallington, is very sick and asks Lenox to meet a client at Charin...

Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley

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• Saturday, January 15, 2022

  Death Comes to Pemberley (2011) by P. D. James The Darcys and their household staff are preparing Pemberley for the annual Lady Anne'...

Black Sun

Black Sun

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• Sunday, January 9, 2022

  Black Sun (2020) by Rebecca Roanhorse An epic fantasy novel inspired by various pre-Colombian cultures in the Americas. Readers follow th...

Still Life with Murder--slightly spoilerish

Still Life with Murder--slightly spoilerish

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• Thursday, December 9, 2021

  Still Life with Murder (2003) by P. B. Ryan Set in Boston, 1800s. The Hewitt family is one of the wealthy elite who have lost sons to the ...

Murder at the Mortuary

Murder at the Mortuary

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• Tuesday, December 7, 2021

 Murder at the Mortuary (2020) by Lee Strauss The previous book left us with a cliffhanger. Ginger Gold had been investigating two mysterie...

Historical Fiction Challenge 2022

Historical Fiction Challenge 2022

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• Thursday, December 2, 2021

Marg at The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader will be hosting the  Historical Fiction Reading Challenge  again this year. I've still got ...

Murder at Feathers & Flair

Murder at Feathers & Flair

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• Thursday, November 25, 2021

  Murder at Feathers & Flair (2018) by Lee Strauss Lady Ginger Gold has opened a new dress shop in Regent Street called Feathers & ...