I have discovered a new, delightful heroine, and it's time I introduced her: everyone, meet Saffron Everleigh! She's a spunky, witty botanist working as a research assistant at the University College in London in the 1920s where she suddenly finds herself mixed up in a murder scheme when the wife of a professor drops dead at a dinner party. Though at first she might seem like the awkward, bookish type, she quickly finds her footing in the throes of the chase as she first tries to acquit her ...
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WOMS: A Sinister Revenge
This week for "What's on My Shelf," it's a Veronica Speedwell mystery, A Sinister Revenge, by Deanna Raybourn! I've shared before with how much I enjoy the plucky heroine of this series, but more especially, how these books helped me fall in love with mystery again. This book is no exception; rather a continuation of why I think these are some of the best historical murder mysteries out there in the market today. In this latest installment, Veronica and Stoker's relationship is a bit ...
WOMS: Death at the Manor
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you're a fan of Death Comes to Pemberley and other Regency Era murder mysteries, then I have the perfect series for you: Katharine Schellman's Lily Adler mysteries. In her latest installation, Death at the Manor, Mrs. Adler travels South to visit ...
WOMS: A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It's been a while since I properly shared any book review, not since my review of a non-fiction piece a few weeks ago. That said, a WOMS post is long overdue. While earlier this year I did hint at an idea I'd been toying with to diversify my WOMS posts, ...
Know Thyself: or How I Realised I’m Not a YA Fiction Writer & Can Write in More Than One Genre
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Last week, I committed myself to providing consistent content, which will come in either one of two forms: Regular musings of moi;Book reviews. I also committed to publishing said content on a biweekly basis, or every other week. As such---after ...
