One might think that the worst thing that could happen to a burglar would be […]
How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig
I think if the protagonist of Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time had ever met Tennyson, he […]
On the House, by H.P. Maskew
The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was, like many laws before and since, supposed […]
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, by Alan Bradley
Flavia de Luce cannot go anywhere without discovering a dead body. In her ninth adventure, The […]
The Outcasts of Time, by Ian Mortimer
When I was young enough that my mother still made me go to church, I […]
Beloved Poison, by E.S. Thomson
E.S. Thomson’s Beloved Poison is a slow burn of a mystery, at least until a third of […]
Somebody at the Door, by Raymond Postgate
Like his thoughtful Verdict of Twelve, Raymond Postgate’s Somebody at the Door serves as both an intriguing puzzle […]
The Stopping Place, by Helen Slavin
Helen Slavin’s The Stopping Place is a horror novel, at least for women readers. It isn’t […]
Wonders Will Never Cease, by Robert Irwin
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, by Robert Irwin’s Wonders Will Never Cease repeatedly demonstrates that fiction […]
The Midnight Queen, by Sylvia Izzo Hunter
After a heavy read like The Revolution of Marina M., I needed something like Sylvia Izzo […]