Historical Fiction
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday Selection #2 January 31, 2024
Here’s my Can’t-Wait Wednesday Selection #2: Queens of London by Heather Webb Publishes: February 6, 2024 by Sourcebooks Landmark Length: 368 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Why I’m Excited Last year I read two books about Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants and they were fascinating. Looking forward to diving into this topic again! From the… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Secret of the Lady’s Maid, book seven in the Rosalind Thorne Mysteries by Darcie Wilde
Thank you so much to Kensington Books for the galley copy of The Secret of the Lady’s Maid, book seven in the Rosalind Thorne Mysteries by Darcie Wilde. I am so excited that I have discovered a new to me historical mystery series. I adored this five star read, could not put it down and… Continue reading
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Book Review: A True Account by Katherine Howe
Happy publication to Katherine Howe! Her book A True Account is available today and it is a page-turner! Thank you to Henry Holt & Company for the ARC. I so enjoyed reading this. From a young age, Hannah Maury was bound out to service a waterfront in Boston in the early 1700s. Now an early… Continue reading
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Book Review: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
When I read the following publisher blurb: “Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin.” I knew I needed to get my hands on Celeste Connally’s Act Like A Lady, Think Like a Lord mystery.… Continue reading
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Book Review: Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy
Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy published today 11/7/23 and this is the kind of historical mystery that I could simply not put down. Many thanks to Union Square and Co. and Netgalley for the eARC. It’s 1930 and PI Cora McCavanah is posing as a maid at Hollywood magnate Truman’s Byrd’s legendary estate. The… Continue reading
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Book Review: What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Happy Publication Day to What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez! This was a wild ride, and I just loved it. Inez Olivera lives in nineteenth century Buenos Aires and is the daughter of two globetrotting parents, and she is frequently left behind. When she receives word that both her parents have died in Egypt,… Continue reading
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Book Review: One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley
Thank you so much to Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for the ARC of One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley. This beautiful novel was published yesterday and I encourage you to get your hands on a copy. Using a dual-timeline, readers meet 84 year old Edie Green in 2018 and also 15 year old Edie in… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly
Thank you so much to Netgalley and Minotaur Books and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC of A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly–the first in a new series (Parisian Orphan), and I am 100% here for it! Fans of historical mysteries like the Maggie Hope and Maisie Dobbs series must get your hands on… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Novelist from Berlin by V.S. Alexander
Thank you to Kensington Books and Between the Chapters for the galley copy of The Novelist from Berlin by V.S. Alexander. This was absolutely fascinating and the 400 pages flew by in a day and a half. “An engrossing novel inspired by the mysterious true story of Irmgard Keun, a female novelist who defied all… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Enemy at Home by Kevin O’Brien
Thank you so much to Kensington Books @kensingtonbooks and Between the Chapters Book Club @btc_books for the ARC of The Enemy at Home by Kevin O’Brien, set to publish Tuesday August 22nd. What a gripping historical mystery–I could not put this down and finished it in a day and a half! Set in Seattle, 1943,… Continue reading
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