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Four for a Boy: A John, the Lord Chamberlain Mystery #4

by Eric Mayer, Mary Reed — Genre(s) General, Historical.

In 525 Constantinople nothing is as it should be. The winter is unnaturally cold, and the palace has fallen under the sway of both the shade of the wife of the dying Emperor Justin and Theodora, the former actress his gravely ill successor Justinian intends to marry. The streets are terrorized alternately by elegantly dressed [...] Read More →

From Mary Anna–Notes from the Florida Book Awards

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Mary Anna Evans

Here I am, failing to get my post up before noon, because I just got home from the Florida Book Awards yesterday afternoon. It was a fabulous two-day event, beginning with a banquet on Tuesday evening for the book awards, followed by a luncheon at the Governor’s Mansion for all the medalists on Wednesday

From Mary Anna–You know an artist by her tools…

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Mary Anna Evans

This is a big week for me. My new Faye Longchamp mystery, Plunder, is officially out on March 6, but I already have copies in my hot little hands, and so does

Gift from the Past

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Ann Parker

Apropos of the season, I recently received an unexpected gift from the past that touched my heart (and pricked my finger). The story unravels thus. Some time ago, I had received a box of miscellaneous sewing goods, dating back a couple of generations at least, from a cousin (who has still more boxes and boxes [...] Read More →

Home On The Range

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Charlotte Hinger

Ever wonder what happened to cowboys? The Great American Cowboy–one of the most durable icons of the Old West–is alive and well. Not only are a number of them home on the range doing what cowboys have always done, some have switched venues to cattle feeding industry. I made a flying trip back to Hoxie [...] Read More →

Humor Then, Readers Now

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Bernadette Pajer

A few months ago, I discovered three little treasures in the Uppercase Bookshop in Snohomish, Wa. They are all in a series titled Masterpieces of Humor, published in 1903 and 1904. I’ve found that one of the best ways to immerse in another time and attempt to understand the folks who lived then is by [...] Read More →

Introducing the Honorable Phryne Fisher

by Kerry Greenwood — Genre(s) General, Historical, Women Sleuths.

Meet Phryne Fisher, the 1920s’ most elegant and irrepressible sleuth, in her first three adventures bound together in one great value volume. This is the perfect way to introduce your friends to your favourite and most stylish sleuth—or to catch up on some of Miss Fisher’s earlier career. Our unflappable, unconventional and uninhibited heroine, The [...] Read More →

Iron Ties: A Silver Rush Mystery #2

by Ann Parker — Genre(s) General, Historical, Women Sleuths.

The railroad is coming west, all the way to Leadville and its rich Rocky Mountain mines, not to mention millionaires. And who is coming to celebrate the arrival of the Denver & Rio Grande but Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and former commander of the Union armies. Like other residents in [...] Read More →

January Junkie

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Charlotte Hinger

I’m a January Junkie. A hopeless addict. Against all reason, I feel a mysterious surge of optimistic energy this time of year. The sort of “irrational exuberance” that Alan Greenspan once warned about before the disastrous market crash.

Justice for the Damned: A Medieval Mystery #4

by Priscilla Royal — Genre(s) General, Historical, Women Sleuths.

It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor of Tyndale, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, journeys to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor. Although Eleanor hopes to regain her strength in the midst of pleasant childhood memories, Death reveals a most troublesome fondness for her company. [...] Read More →

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