Source: Review copyPublication: 1st June 2023 from MacMillanPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1529096484 My thanks to Pan Macmillan for an advance copy for review Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God intoContinue reading “Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo #3) by D.V. Bishop @davidbishop @panmacmillan”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
A Thief’s Justice by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #2) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co
Source: Review copyPublication: 18 May 2023 from Canelo AdventurePP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1804360897 My thanks to Canelo and Thanhmai Bui Van for an advance copy for review London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold… The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for JonasContinue reading “A Thief’s Justice by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #2) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co”
The Fascination by Essie Fox @essiefox @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 22nd June 2023 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585524 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Victorian England. A world of rural fairgrounds and glamorous London theatres. A world of dark secrets and deadly obsessions… Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that TillyContinue reading “The Fascination by Essie Fox @essiefox @OrendaBooks”
Cast A Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn #2) by Robbie Morrison @robbiegmorrison @panmacmillan
Source: Review copyPublication: 13 April 2023 from Pan MacmillanPP: 480ISBN-13: 978-1529054064 Glasgow, 1933 Murder is nothing new in the Depression-era city, especially to war veterans Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn and his partner ‘Bonnie’ Archie McDaid. But the dead man found in a narrowboat on the Forth and Clyde Canal, executed with a single shot to theContinue reading “Cast A Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn #2) by Robbie Morrison @robbiegmorrison @panmacmillan”
Murder Under The Tuscan Sun @RandomTTours @MsTamarCohen @HJ_Barnes
Source: Review copyPublication: 30 March 2023 from PenguinPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1529176575 My thanks to Transworld and Random Things Tours for an advance copy for review, and my apologies for the lateness of this post! In a remote castle high up in the Tuscan hills secrets are simmering among its glamorous English residents: The ailing gentleman art-dealerContinue reading “Murder Under The Tuscan Sun @RandomTTours @MsTamarCohen @HJ_Barnes”
Paris Requiem by Chris Lloyd @chrislloydbcn @Orion Books
You have a choice which way you go in this war…’ Paris, September 1940. After three months under Nazi Occupation, not much can shock Detective Eddie Giral. That is, until he finds a murder victim who was supposed to be in prison. Eddie knows, because he put him there. The dead man is not theContinue reading “Paris Requiem by Chris Lloyd @chrislloydbcn @Orion Books”
The Whispering Dead by David Mark @davidmarkwriter @severnhouse
Source: Review copyPublication: December 6th from Severn HousePP: 224ISBN-13: 978-0727850553 My thanks to Severn House for an advance copy for review Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won’t want you to do well.Continue reading “The Whispering Dead by David Mark @davidmarkwriter @severnhouse”
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson @DoubledayUK
Source: Review copyPublication: 28 September 2020 from DoubledayPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-0857526557 My thanks to Doubeday for an advance copy for review 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreignContinue reading “Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson @DoubledayUK”
An Honourable Thief by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #1) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co
Source: Review copyPublication: 22 September 2022 from Canelo AdventurePP: 304ISBN-13: 978-1804360156 My thanks to Canelo for an advance copy for review 1715. Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier and reluctant member of the Company of Rogues, a shady intelligence group run by ruthless spymaster Nathaniel Charters, is ordered to recover a missing document. Its contents could proveContinue reading “An Honourable Thief by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #1) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co”
The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson trs by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @givemeawave @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 15 September 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585265 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Three women Three eras One extraordinary mystery… 1899, Belle Époque Paris. Lucienne’s two daughters are believed dead when her mansion burns to the ground, but she is certain that her girls areContinue reading “The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson trs by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @givemeawave @OrendaBooks”
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