Audiobook review: The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley Another whimsical and captivating entry in the Flavia de Luce series pits eleven-year-old amateur detective Flavia against a new puzzling murder and a long-ago death of a young boy that may have a bearing on the famous puppeteer’s demise. Flavia is not just precocious, […]
Audiobook review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The eccentric de Luce household is disrupted from their regular pursuits by two arrivals- one bizarre and the other sinister. Murder is the result. The youngest member of the household, Flavia, turns from her favorite chemistry work to solve a crime that points […]
Audiobook review: The Vampyre Client by Jeri Westerson Benjamin Watson and Timothy Badger are back to work when an oddly dressed man hires them to come to his country estate to talk to the villagers and dispel the notion that he is a vampire. Unfortunately, their client, Mr. Wicker, is murdered and left with a […]
Audiobook review: A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau After Margot’s father died six months ago, she took over the reins of the family’s large food and canning company, and despite the hardships of being a businesswoman in 1912, she is determined to keep the company running. However, when Margot discovers her father’s former assistant dead in […]
Audiobook review: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton When he wakes in the woods with the name Anna on the tip of this tongue, Dr. Sebastian Bell remembers nothing of who or where he is. Spending the day believing he witnessed a murder is only the start of his troubles, especially after […]
When the Wolves Are Silent Author: C. S. Harris Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A+ What I’m Talking About: A horrific, fiery death just outside of London strikes close to Sebastian’s family when his nephew Bayard begs him to find out how his friend died. C. S. Harris’s Sebastian St. Cyr series continues to captivate with […]
Audiobook review: The Fallen Fruit by Shawntelle Madison The Fallen Fruit is an epic story of a free Black family, spanning over 200 years. By focusing in on the lives of five individuals, we learn the about the Bridge family, their good times, the dark moments, and a peculiar curse that causes one offspring of […]
Audiobook review: A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn It’s been about six months since the Stoker and Veronica’s last mystery involving A Grave Robbery, and Veronica is experiencing a little bit of ennui we and restlessness. That all changes when Inspector Mornaday seeks discrete help from the pair after the deaths of two well-connected young men […]
The Heir Author: Darcie Wilde Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: A royal princess stifled in the environment of the rundown palace and her mother’s strict rules yearns for freedom. When she comes across a dead body on the palace grounds, she is determined to investigate. Darcie Wilde’s A Useful Woman- Rosalind […]
Audiobook review: A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley Picking up some time since the previous tale, A Silence in Belgrave Square opens with Daniel telling Kat that he’s going undercover in a very dangerous household and she cannot help him this time. Filled with worry, Kat convinces an old friend and confidence trickster to […]
Audiobook review: The Misplaced Physician by Jeri Westerson The Misplaced Physician opens with Tim forming his own crew of Irregulars to help the Badger and Watson Detecting Agency when Mrs. Hudson arrives with dire news: Dr. John Watson has been kidnapped and Sherlock Holmes is out of the country. Tim and Ben start their investigation […]
The Adventures of Mary Darling Author: Pat Murphy Reviewer: Jen Rating: B/B- What I’m Talking About: Much like the 1991 film, Hook, The Adventures of Mary Darling is a re-framing of James Barrie’s Peter Pan which expands the legend into additional generations of the Darling family. The story is framed as Mary Darling’s (mother to […]
Audiobook review: The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope April’s TBR optional theme: Location, Location, Location Clara Johnson was touched at birth and has been able to see the “other side” and communicate with spirits since she was a child. In her teens, she made a bargain with an enigma (similar to a Jinn or […]
I Died for Beauty Author: Amanda Flower Reviewer: Ang Rating: A What I’m Talking About: What I love best about Amanda Flower’s novels are that they read like a really amazing game of Clue. I Died for Beauty is no different. It is well written and flows like one of Emily Dickensen pieces of poetry. […]
Audiobook review: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn The Briar Club shares the story of multiple residents of the Briarwood House, a female boarding home located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington D.C. The story starts with the news of a murder on Thanksgiving Day in 1954, and then goes back in time between […]