Articles tagged with: Historical Mystery
Review: The Mask of Night by Tracy (Teresa) Grant
Author: Tracy (Teresa) Grant
Title: Fraser/Rannoch #6
Release: March 2011
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
Purchase: Amazon
A glittering ball, a whisper of intrigue, and a couple with secrets…
Regency London’s most glamorous couple, Mélanie and Charles Fraser have hidden their pasts …
ARC Review: His Majesty’s Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
Author: Susan Elia MacNeal
Title: His Majesty’s Hope
Release: May 14, 2013
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid …
ARC Review: What Darkness Brings by C. S. Harris
Author: C. S. Harris
Title: What Darkness Brings
Release: March 5, 2013
Series: Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries #8
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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The death of a notorious London diamond merchant draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and …
ARC Review: India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy by Carol K Carr
Author: Carol K Carr
Title: India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy
Release: February 5, 2013
Series: India Black #3
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
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In Victorian London, India Black has all the attributes a high-class madam needs …
ARC Review: Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood
Author: Kerry Greenwood
Title: Unnatural Habits
Release: December 31, 2012
Series: Phryne Fisher mysteries #19
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Netgalley/Publisher
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1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty. Three of them are …
ARC Novella Review: India Black and the Rajah’s Ruby by Carol K Carr
Author: Carol K Carr
Title: India Black and the Rajah’s Ruby
Release: December 31, 2012
Series: India Black #2.5
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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India Black uses her wit and wiles as both a madam and a spy, proving she’s the …
Review: Silent Night (Novella) by Deanna Raybourn
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Title: Silent Night
Release: November 1, 2012
Series: Lady Julia mysteries #5.5
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
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‘Tis the season for an investigation! Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane return for a Christmas caper at Bellmont Abbey—.
After a …
Double Review: Mr Churchill’s Secretary and ARC review Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia Macneal
Author: Susan Elia Macneal
Title: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary
Release: April 2012
Series: Maggie Hope Mysteries #1
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
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London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the …
ARC Review: Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander
Author: Tasha Alexander
Title: Death in the Floating City
Release: October 16, 2012
Series: Lady Emily Mysteries #7
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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Years ago, Emily’s childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice …
Review: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Author: P.D. James
Title: Death Comes to Pemberley
Release: December 2011
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
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It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate and …
Review: Imperial Scandal by Teresa Grant
Author: Teresa Grant
Title: Imperial Scandal
Release: March 27th 2012
Series: Charles and Melanie Fraser #5/Suzanne and Malcolm Rannoch #2
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal library
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Amid the treachery of war and the whirl of revelry, no one …
How I discovered Georgette Heyer and special Sourcebooks Happy 110th Birthday to the “Queen of Regency Romance,”Giveaway!
Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today’s bestselling authors. Despite her enormous popularity, she never gave an interview or appeared in public.
Georgette Heyer …
ARC Guest Review: Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves
Ripper is another book I found while looking for books to review for Paperback Dolls. It caught my attention with its description.
Author: Amy Carol Reeves
Book: Ripper
Release: April 8, 2012
Series:
Reviewer: Teresa
Source: Flux (NetGalley)
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A paranormal mystery …
Month of Love ARC Review: When Maiden’s Mourn by C.S. Harris
Author: C.S. Harris
Book: When Maiden’s Mourn
Release: March 6, 2012
Series: Sebastian St. Cyr #7
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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When Gabrielle Tennyson is murdered, aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his new reluctant bride, the fiercely …
Review: The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn
Author: Carola Dunn
Book:The Winter Garden Mystery
Release: March 6, 2001
Series: Daisy Dalrymple mysteries
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
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In this second installment of Carola Dunn’s cozy mystery series set in 1923 …
ARC Review: A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander
Author:Tasha Alexander
Book: A Crimson Warning
Series: Lady Emily Mysteries No. 6
Release: October 25, 2011
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Provided by the publisher
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Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to …
India Black author Carol K Carr visits the Dollhouse… And Giveaway!
After a career as a lawyer and corporate executive, Carol K. Carr turned to writing. India Black was her first book in the Madam of Espionage series, the second installment in the series India Black …
Review: India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K Carr
Author: Carol K Carr
Book: India Black and the Widow of Windsor
Release: October 4, 2011
Series: Madam of Espionage #2
Reviewer: Noa
Source: ARC supplied by Publisher
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Black is back-Her Majesty’s favorite spy is off to …
Review: Vienna Waltz by Teresa Grant
Author: Teresa Grant
Book: Vienna Waltz
Release: April 1, 2011
Reviewer: Noa
Source: My bookshelf
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Nothing is fair in love and war. . .
Europe’s elite have gathered at the glittering Congress of Vienna–princes, ambassadors, the Russian tsar–all negotiating …
Review: India Black by Carol K Carr
Author: Carol K Carr
Book: India Black
Release: January 4, 2011
Series: India Black 1
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal Library
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When Sir Archibald Latham of the War Office dies from a heart attack while visiting her brothel, Madam …
