Tag: historical romance
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Murder at the Serpentine Bridge – Truely the Best Historical Fiction Murder Mystery Series
Andrea Penrose continues to put out incredibly engaging, twisted tales that I cannot help but sink my teeth into. Murder at the Serpentine Bridge has everything you could possibly want – a political gathering of the ages, a dastardly plot which threatens national security, a brilliant rag-tag gang of sleuths and a time pressure which…
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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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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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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…
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So Much Drama in A Study In Death
Now this book had me invested but not in the way you may think. Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby Mystery Series continues with A Study in Death, the fourth novel in her collection, and it brings with it a healthy separation from its previous tales. I do love scenery and lush, deep, dark landscapes in…
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Intrigue and Scandal in Murder at Kensington Palace
There is no breaking the hold Andrea Penrose has on me. Murder at Kensington Palace, third novel in the Wrexford and Sloane Mystery Series, throws a hefty punch with its intense pressure on the characters, its waltz into more fields of intellect and intrigue, and its tension ad pacing that skip along hand in hand,…