Tag: historical mystery
Author Interview: Alex Hays’ Housekeepers seek revenge
Interview: The Housekeepers, Alex Hay, Graydon House – The master of the house has just died, and his daughter has taken over.
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Book Review: Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling
Book Review, Where Waters Meet, Zhang Ling, Amazon Crossing – “Where Waters Meet” is a multiplex novel that resembles pieces of a puzzle on a table. Award-winning Chinese author Zhang Ling, in her first English work
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Review: The Matchmaker by Paul Vidich
The Matchmaker, Paul Vidich, Pegasus Crime – Anne Simpson, an American translator working in Berlin, recently divorced, no children and an introvert, is marked by the East German Stasi secret police as a perfect cover for one of the agency’s spies.
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Playwright Mason’s The Darwin Affair Offers Dark Twists to a Familiar Story
The Darwin Affair, Tim Mason, Algonquin Books – Tim Mason is a successful playwright whose work has been produced in New York and throughout the world, for decades. The Darwin Affair is his first adult novel.
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The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer, Minotaur Books – London, 1905. Dr. John Watson is enjoying life. His second marriage is blissful, his medical practice successful. The heady days of adventure with Sherlock Homes seem behind him—or so he thinks.
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The Black Ascot by Charles Todd
The Black Ascot, Charles Todd, William Morrow – In 1910 two attendees at the famous Black Ascot horse race, Harold and Blanche Fletcher-Munro, left early in their car which later crashed. Blanche died.
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THE WIDOWS by Jess Montgomery Explores Modern Concerns
The Widows, Jess Montgomery, Minotaur Books – Every writer knows that idea that won’t leave you alone, that book that begs to be written.
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A Murdered Peace by Candace Robb
A Murdered Peace, Candace Robb, Pegasus Crime – York, Winter, 1400AD. The previous year Henry Bollingbroke deposed his cousin King Richard II and became King Henry IV. England is still in turmoil following the Epiphany Uprising when Richard’s supporters failed to restore him to the throne.
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The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
The Masterpiece, Fiona Davis – Fiona Davis’ “The Masterpiece” is a light, romantic historical novel about the journey of two women, fifty years apart in age, who discover self-achievement as their lives collide when New York’s Grand Central Terminal was facing demolition.
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Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Olivia Twist, Lorie Langdon – Lorie Langdon’s new young adult book, “Olivia Twist,” remakes Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver Twist” and serves up a pleasurable read with countless thrills.
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