Lionel Savage married for the worst reason: money. He was out of funds and, in […]
Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham
Coming home from war is hard. Coming home from war to learn that the woman […]
The Vizard Mask, by Diana Norman
Writing historical fiction takes a certain amount of chutzpah. One has to take on nitpickers […]
The Female Detective, by Andrew Forrester
There is a not insignificant portion of the bookish world that seeks out the first […]
My Real Children, by Jo Walton
What if. What if. What if. This question drives to much fiction, but we rarely […]
My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier
In all of the novels I’ve read by Daphne du Maurier, the narrator was an outsider […]
The Murder of Mary Russell, by Laurie R. King
The Murder of Mary Russell, by Laurie R. King, is the fourteenth entry in the […]
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters
This novel, The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters, should not work. It’s written backwards, for crying […]
Jane Steele, by Lyndsay Faye
I was sold on this book when I heard somewhere along the bookish grapevine that […]