A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
I reviewed Anne Perry’s first William Monk mystery here. This one, A Dangerous Mourning, is similar: a woman is stabbed to death in the home of her upper class Victorian family. No one could have possibly gotten out of the house after the murder, so the murderer is one of the family or the … [Read more]
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
3.5 stars Official book description: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe … [Read more]
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
You know in a lot of romantic comedies, the hero already has a girlfriend, but she's stern, and demanding and seems to have absolutely no feelings that don't revolve around her career and probably living in the big city? The woman who eventually gets left, so the hero can get with the charming, … [Read more]
The Other Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Back in 2007, Jeaniene Frost published the first volume in her paranormal fantasy series Night Huntress, Halfway to the Grave, about half-vampire Catherine "Cat" Crawfield (the unlikely offspring of a vampire and a human), who hunts vampires because her mother has raised her to hate them, and since … [Read more]
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Folath
Ebenezer Tweezer is 511 years old, but you'd never know it to look at him. He lives in a great big house, surrounded by exciting treasures and artifacts and all of this is possible because of the hideous beast he keep in his attic. In return for Ebenezer feading it interesting things, the Beast … [Read more]
An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn
3.5 stars First of all, this is book 7 in an ongoing series. I would not recommend that a new reader start here. The first book in the series is A Curious Beginning. Now for the official book description, because my memory is like a sieve: London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural … [Read more]
