Category: Historical Fiction
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A Wicked Trick in A Wicked Conceit
Now this one was a fresh, interesting idea. Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby Mystery Series continues with A Wicked Conceit and I’m glad reading the blurb on the back did just enough to entice me – there has been one too many times when I’ve read a big plot point that should’ve stayed off the…
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A Stroke of Malice – A Plot That Shouldn’t Work But Does
While reading A Stroke of Malice, Anna Lee Huber’s eighth novel in the Lady Darby Mystery Series, I couldn’t help but laugh at a line spoken between characters to the point of “this isn’t like the events of the first book”. The reason being that the two books are very similar but alas, they are…
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An Artless Demise – Interesting Premise, Lacklustre Delivery?
An Artless Demise is the seventh book in Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby Mystery Series. The premise was engaging and hooked me immediately; Kiera’s past comes back to haunt her as a new case of bodysnatchers-turned-killers breaks out, throwing London into a frenzy. Not only will she be thrown back into the horrors of the…
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Murder at the Royal Botanical Gardens – My Favourite Sleuthing Couple
Dare I say my favourites among historical fiction has tilted in favour of Lady Charlotte and Lord Wrexford. They have been giving a good fight since the beginning, in fact, they were my top tier couple for a time before I came across Lady Kiera and Mr Gage. While my heart may yearn for Sebastian…
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The Great Redemption in A Brush with Shadows
We’re back on track with A Brush wth Shadows, the sixth book in Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby Mystery Series. We’ve got personal ties to strain and tug on, a lush scenery with its own moodiness and raging emotions, tense relations and interactions and the ever-necessary hidden truths and layers of lies that make a…
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Not Sure How I Feel About As Death Draws Near
As Death Draws Near, the fifth novel in Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby Mystery Series, started off on an interesting foot. We have a sudden summons to Ireland, the return of a troublesome character from the first book, and a sensitive significance of religion as the tensions bubble between Protestant and Catholics. Unfortunately, it didn’t…
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Lavender House – A Queer Historical Murder Mystery To Fall In Love With
How could I resist Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen after hearing it was a historical fiction murder mystery where the main character is a gay man in the 1950s who gets employed by the wife of a soap dynasty businesswoman to investigate the death of said businesswoman? Not only is it LGBTQ representation, but…
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The Cutest Novella – A Pressing Engagement
What a sweet little novella to divulge into an aspect of the series that definitely couldn’t have anything larger attached to it. A Pressing Engagement by Anna Lee Huber is the novella set after A Study of Death which ties up some of the more relevant plot points from its predecessor. I’m not being sarcastic…
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Evil Knows No Bounds in Murder at Queen’s Landing
This one is my favourite so far and that was made abundantly clear with my recent reread. Andrea Penrose’s Wrexford and Sloane series just continues to grow and improve with each release. Murder at Queen’s Landing is no exception but she sure is exceptional! With the introduction of more characters into the tight-knit circle the…