Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Bingo: And. Horowitz embeds a mystery book in his mystery book. One mystery and another mystery. IMPORTANT NOTE: This book, third in the Susan Ryeland series, references the solution to the first book, Magpie Murders. Readers are advised to read that book first if they don’t want it … [Read more]
Shadow of Night: A Novel (Book Two of the ALL SOULS SERIES) by Deborah Harkness
I read A Discovery of Witches two years ago, and was suitably unimpressed. (Well, not unimpressed, more like I loathed it.) Then last year, for some unknown reason (I blame having bronchitis and being in the mood to mindlessly binge watch), I watched the entire series on Netflix. (I also watched … [Read more]
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Erik Larson is the king of the "gift for Dad" genre, and nothing about The Demon of Unrest will threaten to topple him from that position. Set between the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 and the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the book dissects the fervor for secession and the … [Read more]
Servant of Death: The First Braadecote and Catchpoll Mystery by Sarah Hawkswood
Eudo - the Lord Bishop of Winchester's much feared and extremely loathed clerk - is found bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey, laid before the altar in the attitude of a penitent. This isn't an easy murder to solve, as everyone who ever had contact with him had motive, and there are a lot of … [Read more]
A Fellowship of Games & Fables: Adenashire Book Three by J. Penner
Jez, Adenashire’s resident grumpy Fennex, would rather curl up for a nap and hibernate through the season rather than go out in the snow and frolic. Unfortunately, a drunken boast lands her in the middle of the holiday festivities, competing in the Yule competition, and fake dating her friend, … [Read more]
Desolation: A Ralph de Mandeville Mystery by Keith Moray
1361, York. As the country attempts to recover from the Hundred Years' War with France, nobleman and commoner alike start to have another concern: whispers that the pestilence, one of the ultimate equalizers, has returned to England. But murder stops for nothing, and Sir Ralph de Mandeville, … [Read more]
