Curiosity is a dangerous thing—especially when it’s coupled with amorality as it is in Janet […]
The Book Collector, by Alice Thompson
I’m very glad I follow Australian reader Sophie Carlon. Without her recommendation, I would have […]
The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber
In spite of one irritation, the massive The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel […]
The Guineveres, by Sarah Domet
The girls in Sarah Domet’s The Guineveres have so much going against them. They’ve been abandoned […]
Orphans of the Carnival, by Carol Birch
Carol Birch’s novel, Orphans of the Carnival, follows the short, strange life of nineteenth century performer, […]
The Trees, by Ali Shaw
Some people need a catalyst to spur them to become who they were always meant […]
The Ballroom, by Anna Hope
After reading a couple of romance novels to get The Midwife out of my system, I […]
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, by Alan Bradley
In Alan Bradley’s Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, Flavia de Luce, chemistry genius and amateur […]
The Secrets of Wishtide, by Kate Saunders
Five years after her archdeacon husband passed away, leaving her with a very small annuity, […]
The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, by Mark Hodder
Time has been out of joint for a long time in Sir Richard Francis Burton’s […]