Professor Marian Beresford is prone to temptation. As a lesbian in 1930s America, she has […]
Russia, by Antony Beevor
Trigger warnings for descriptions of torture and frequent mentions of rape. In the coda of […]
A Power Unbound, by Freya Marske
Freya Marske brings the Last Binding trilogy to a close in A Power Unbound. This […]
Judgment at Tokyo, by Gary J. Bass
What do we do when the war is over? The treaties and surrenders have been […]
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
Every book I’ve read by C.L. Polk is better than the last. I liked Witchmark. […]
And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts
I was born in 1981. That year some of the earliest cases of what would […]
Lost Believers, by Irina Zhorov
All of the plots in Irina Zhorov’s affecting novel, Lost Believers, tell stories of faith […]
Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
We don’t know the exact number but the Library of Congress (according to their own […]
The Mistress of Bhatia House, by Sujata Massey
Sujata Massey brings us back to mid-1920s Bombay (Mumbai) in the fourth historical mystery featuring […]
A Disappearance in Fiji, by Nilima Rao
Sargeant Akal Singh does not want to be in Suva, Fiji. His supervisor doesn’t want […]