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A Rose by Any Other Name

Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

February 13, 2022 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

As a big Modesty Blaise fan, I’ve always enjoyed Peter O’Donnell’s writing ability and reread his 15 Modesty books every couple of years. Imagine my surprise from his obituary to discover that he wrote gothic historic romances under the name “Madeleine Brent.” Merlin’s Keep (named after the birds and not the wizard) won the Romantic Novel of the Year for 1978. While I’ve probably never read a gothic historic romance in my life, I ordered several of his romances and started with Merlin’s Keep (because […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: gothic historical romance, Madeleine Brent, Peter O'Donnell, strong female lead, victorian england

sabian30's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Romance · Tags: gothic historical romance, Madeleine Brent, Peter O'Donnell, strong female lead, victorian england ·
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Crossdressing, murder, and blackmail, oh my!

The Body at the Tower (The Agency #2) by Y. S. Lee

February 20, 2021 by tiny_bookbot 1 Comment

(Note: mild spoilers for Book #1, A Spy in the House.) This has been a fun series to read in the evenings when winding down: the plotting is nicely propulsive, historical London is very well-centered, and Mary Quinn (née Lang) remains an engaging protagonist. This sophomore entry in Lee’s The Agency series picks up about a year after the first book left off: she is now a full member of the all-ladies investigatory firm concealed within Miss Scrimshaw’s School for Girls, and her two superiors […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, victorian england, Victorian era, y.s. lee

tiny_bookbot's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, victorian england, Victorian era, y.s. lee ·
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monologuing at the mouth of madness

The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell

January 11, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

A strong opening pulls us directly into the spooky fold; a seamstress with a secret hurls herself from a very important man’s very high attic window. The House on Vesper Sands has all of the hallmarks of a Victorian throw-back; mazes of manners, decrepit mansions, and gin-soaked police populate a scuzzy world of destitute working girls, complicated family histories, and genteel young men all-aflutter. The Spiritualist movement is in full-swing and a cloaked and creepy group of “Spiriters” may be responsible for a rash of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, crime, detective, galley, gothic, historical fiction, murder, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, tin house, tin house galley club, victorian england

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ARC, crime, detective, galley, gothic, historical fiction, murder, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, tin house, tin house galley club, victorian england ·
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The cook and the case of the missing children

Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley

January 8, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

This is book four in the Below Stairs series by Jennifer Ashley, set in Victorian England.  The series is unique in that the focus is on Kat Holloway, a cook in a grand house in Mayfair – an upstairs/downstairs premise that gives you a look into the workings of a large kitchen in that time period.  She is intelligent and resourceful, and her quick thinking has saved many a meal when the upstairs folk demand a menu change at the last minute.   But of course, […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #historicalmystery, Below Stairs Book 4, Jennifer Ashley, Kat Holloway, victorian england

Catticus Finch's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #historicalmystery, Below Stairs Book 4, Jennifer Ashley, Kat Holloway, victorian england ·
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Another solid work from Charlie N Holmberg

Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

November 27, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

In Victorian England, magic leaves traces: runes, smells, and even sounds, and Elsie Camden has the rare ability to not only perceive these vestiges of magic but to undo the magic behind them, though she cannot perform any magic herself. Elsie is employed by two people: a stonemason who can perform only the most basic spells and a mysterious cadre of people trying to equalize the world. It is with this group, The Cowls, that Elsie uses her unregistered and illegal skills to undo unjust […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Charlie N. Holmberg, duology, England, magic, mystery, Romance, victorian england

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Charlie N. Holmberg, duology, England, magic, mystery, Romance, victorian england ·
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Another one on the meh pile

The Wicked Boy The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale

October 20, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

If I’m not in a reading slump this year, I seem to be in a reviewing slump. This one hasn’t been helped by not really having much of substance to say about it almost a month after reading it, a surprise to me given how much I enjoyed what Summerscale I’d previously read (The Suspicions of Mr Whicher). The Wicked Boy takes a look at another Victorian murder case which the newspapers were fond of writing about, in which 13 year old Robert Coombes and […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Kate Summerscale, non fiction, true crime, victorian england

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Kate Summerscale, non fiction, true crime, victorian england ·
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