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Egyptology, a Met Gala and an Art Heist

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis

March 23, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I’m not sure if it’s me or the author, but while I have enjoyed the last few Fiona Davis novels I have read, I also don’t think they have been as good as some of her earlier books. I think part of it might be that the two I enjoyed the most had more time between the two view points of the dual narratives so there was a bit more of the modern person discovering the story of the past while these last ones I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: dual timeline, egypt, Fiona Davis, the met

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: dual timeline, egypt, Fiona Davis, the met ·
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The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I’ve got a big stick.

July 11, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Ben Aaronovitch did a really smart thing with Foxglove Summer, which was to de-escalate, take it down a few notches, and bring us back to basics. I complained after Broken Homes that things were getting too complicated and also sort of repetitive. Foxglove Summer is a breath of wonderfully Peter Grant-laden fresh air. When you study Shakespeare, at some point or another, you get to the idea of the Green World. My college advisor was deeply in favor of Northrup Frye’s theory, and I have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #botany, aaronovitch, bees, Ben Aaronovitch, changling, counryside, cowshed, fae, foxglove, genus locii, green world, kidnapping, limestone, met police, molly, nightengale, Peter Grant, procedural, Rivers of London, the met, toby, UFO, Urban Fantasy

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #botany, aaronovitch, bees, Ben Aaronovitch, changling, counryside, cowshed, fae, foxglove, genus locii, green world, kidnapping, limestone, met police, molly, nightengale, Peter Grant, procedural, Rivers of London, the met, toby, UFO, Urban Fantasy ·
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