Safe in Death: An Esther Hardy Victorian Mystery (Book 1) by S.K. Rizzolo My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fine historical mystery with an amateur sleuth in Victorian London. Esther Hardy is considered a spinster in 1861, but a spinster who wants more out of life. When a familiar woman dies in her father’s […]
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Touched By Fire by Irene N. Watts Historical fiction Published September, 2013 by Tundra Books Hardcover, 206 pages This is the story of a young woman named Miriam Markovitz, whose family lived in Russia in the early part of the last century. Wanting to escape the horrible conditions under which they lived and the persecutions
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Today I’m pointing to a fun post from Half Price Books that will bring back some memories and hopefully make some new ones. 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told (in a book) by Meredith celebrated “Kiss and Make Up” Day on August 25. I like book lists. It’s fun to look through them and pick
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Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie; Bloomsbury USA (2010), Hardcover, 352 pages; This fourth volume in the series finds Ruso back in Britain and reluctantly as usual on the case of a missing tax collector. I say as usual because he seldom has his way with anything, it seems, and
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Is it just me, or are the subjects of books more depressing than ever these days? As examples, listed below are the descriptions — from the publishers — for some of the Early Reviewer books from LibraryThing for August 2009. These books will be released either at the end of the month or soon after.
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I’ve written a few very small reviews of some of the books I’ve read, mostly mysteries, of course. Instead of duplicating, I’ll just give the link for those on LibThing and let you read them there. If you haven’t checked out LibThing, I urge you to take a look. It’s more than a book cataloging
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