Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson (review)

Murder and secrets abound in Twilight at Moorington Cross, as a young widow hidden away for her affliction must choose between two men in order to receive an unexpected inheritance while working with an attractive solicitor to solve the murder of her benefactor. Author Abigail Wilson, in her fifth published work, again displays her flair …

Spotlight+Giveaway: High-Wire Heartbreaker by Anna Schmidt

Welcome to the Takeover Tour for High-Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: High-Wire Heartbreak Series: Doors to the Past Author: Anna Schmidt Publisher: Barbour Fiction Release Date: January 1, 2022 Genre: Fiction / Christian / Romance In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca d’Zan in Sarasota, …

Last to Know: A Christmas Novella by Brandy Heineman (review)

I scooped up a copy of Last to Know when I spotted it as a Read Now title on NetGalley, mainly because it is by Brandy Heineman - an author I've been meaning/wanting to read more from since reading her short story His Pepper Heart in 2017 - but also because it is a Christmas …

The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth (review)

“For goodness sake, how hard can it be to murder a debutante?“ Elizabeth Chatsworth's debut novel The Brass Queen is a delightfully engaging alternate Victorian history/Steampunk romance and adventure full of airships, gadgets, science, danger, a perilous polo match with deadly animals, a naughty yorkie named Boo, and it's requisite share of royals behaving badly. …

Spotlight: The Spinster’s Fortune by Mary Kendall (review + giveaway)

The Spinster's Fortune by Mary Kendall Publication Date: April 6, 2021 Darkstroke Books Paperback & eBook; 227 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Moonlit alleys, shadowy tunnels, and buried secrets... Summer of 1929. Of supposed unsound mind without a penny to her name, Blanche Magruder lies alone in a home for the aged and infirm. Meanwhile, her …

The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews (review)

Miss Phyllida Satterthwaite has newly come to London, sponsored for a season with the understanding that she will make a suitable match, unaware that the match has already been decided upon - a duke with a fearful reputation who values her only for the uniqueness of her mismatched eyes. Captain Arthur Heywood, struggling with the …

Murder at the Met by E.W. Cooper (review)

Our heroine's involvement with an operatic society is the prelude to multiple murders in the second Penelope Harris Mystery. As Thom Lund looks into a cold-case suicide, Penelope becomes increasingly entangled with a dysfunctional high society family and her curiosity leads to revelations and danger. Jealousy, ambition, blackmail, and spite fuel this 1920's murder mystery. …

The Jade Tiger by E.W. Cooper (review)

Penelope Harris is trying to start fresh in New York City, but the trouble she tried to leave behind along with her past as a Shanghai nightclub owner comes calling - or rather, it crashes her uncle's party. Prohibition era murder and mayhem, love and blackmail, cops and reporters, and a dash of opera all …

In the Lobby: A Penelope Harris Short Story by E.W. Cooper (review)

In the Lobby is a prequel short story in E.W. Cooper's Penelope Harris Mysteries series. This brief (31 page) story sets the stage for the series, but feels more like a bit of an adventure than a mystery. Penelope's mother Eleanor is upstairs unpacking in their new home, her brother James is likely off in …

The Silver Shadow by Liz Tolsma (review)

Liz Tolsma's The Silver Shadow is based around crimes perpetrated by the once infamous "Capitol Hill Thug" who assaulted women walking alone after dark in 1900-1901 Denver. In an end note, the author states that this was her most fictionalized of the four stories she's written for the multi-author True Colors series of true American …