Tag: regency era mystery
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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,…
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The Grave Matter of A Grave Matter
Anna Lee Huber’s third instalment in the Lady Darby Mystery Series, A Grave Matter, had me rolling; rolling with laughter, rolling my eyes, rolling over and screaming into the pillow. Many rolls were had while reading this and many rolls, particularly forehead ones, were made trying to remember what happens in this book. Let’s start…
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The Plot Thickens in Murder at Half Moon Gate
Continuing on with the Wrexford and Sloane Mystery Series by Andrea Penrose, Murder at Half Moon Gate drives straight to the point and immerses us into the dirty, dark world of London’s more unpleasant neighbourhoods from the get go. That’s one thing I really love about historical fiction murder mystery books – we get right…
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Mortal Arts – I Love Everything About This Book Especially Sebastian Gage
Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber, the second novel in her Lady Darby Mystery Series, is a book I loved from the moment I opened the cover. Upon reading the excerpt about PTSD and thanking those who have served that had to suffer the effects post-deployment before the world understood what PTSD was, I felt…
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Murder On Black Swan Lane – How To Start A Historical Fiction Series
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose, the start of her Wrexford and Sloane Mystery Series, is a great example of how to set up a compelling Regency-era world to start sleuthing in. I will explain why in due course, but first let me preface this by saying that during my reread of this…