Few people would do what Ned Balfour does in George Sims’ The Last Best Friend. After Balfour’s […]
Britannia Mews, by Margery Sharp
When she first steps on to the page in Margery Sharp’s Britannia Mews, Adelaide has very […]
The Butchering Art, by Lindsey Fitzharris
I’ve been following medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris on Instagram for months because, as I’ve […]
Death in the Air, by Kate Winkler Dawson
Kate Winkler Dawson’s occasionally overwrought Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, […]
A Curious Beginning, by Deanna Reybourn
Veronica Speedwell is a very unusual woman. Even if it wasn’t 1887, I’m not sure […]
Strange Practice, by Vivian Shaw
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to doctor the monsters of London. If it […]
Verdict of Twelve, by Raymond Postgate
The older I get (and possibly because of the fiction I choose to read), the […]
Swearing Off Stars, by Danielle M. Wong
Right off the bat, I have to say that Danielle M. Wong’s Swearing Off Stars is […]
Heart of the Country, by Fay Weldon
Natalie is the sort of woman that other women either envy (she’s very pretty and […]
The Visitors, by Catherine Burns
When you first meet her, you can only pity Marion. She’s in her fifties, plan, […]