Dance With Death (Barker & Llewellyn #12) by Will ThomasMystery320 pagesExpected publication: April 13, 2021, by Minotaur Books June 1893. Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewellyn are hired to help protect the young Russian Tsarevitch, the future Peter III, who has traveled to London to attend a royal wedding. With him are his private … Continue reading Book Review: Dance With Death
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Book Review: The Searcher
The Searcher by Tana FrenchMystery464 pages After retiring from a decades-long career on the Chicago police force, Cal Hooper decides to buy a fixer-upper on a plot of land in rural western Ireland. He's tired of solving other people's problems, and wants to get the 'detective itch' out of his system. Moving to Ireland gets … Continue reading Book Review: The Searcher
Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye Mystery 432 Pages Expected publication date: January 8, 2019, by G.P. Putnam's Sons From Goodreads: The new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham, which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the Paragon Hotel. The year is 1921, … Continue reading Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
ARC Review: Blood is Blood
Blood is Blood (Barker and Llewellyn #10) by Will Thomas Mystery 320 pages Expected Publication November 13, 2018 by Minotaur From Goodreads: A bombing injures private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, leaving it up to his soon-to-be-married junior partner Thomas Llewelyn to find the person trying to murder them both before it's too late—in the newest … Continue reading ARC Review: Blood is Blood
Book Review: Havana Black
Havana Black by Leonardo Padura, translated by Peter Bush Mystery 255 pages Published by Bitter Lemon Press in 2006, first Spanish edition published in 1998 From Goodreads: The brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a blunt … Continue reading Book Review: Havana Black
Book Review- A Treacherous Curse
A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) Deanna Raybourn Mystery 352 pages Published January 16th, 2018 From Goodreads: London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell can’t resist the allure of an exotic mystery—particularly one involving her enigmatic colleague, Stoker. His former expedition partner has vanished from an archaeological … Continue reading Book Review- A Treacherous Curse
Review: Old Scores
Old Scores by Will Thomas Mystery 320 pages Published Oct. 3rd, 2017 From Goodreads: When a Japanese diplomat is murdered, and Cyrus Barker is the prime suspect, Barker and sidekick Llewelyn must work against the clock to find the real killer. In London of 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open … Continue reading Review: Old Scores
Goodreads Monday: Silent in the Grave
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme in which we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It's hosted by Lauren's Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her page so we can all see what everyone's reading. Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Silent in the Grave
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