

Review of The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1) by Laurie R. King
The first mystery in King's 19-book series builds an irresistibly layered professional partnership and personal, friends-like-family bond between Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. The story's detail, pacing, plot, and character development are all fantastic. I look forward to reading more titles in this series. It's 1915 and Sherlock Holmes is bored out of his mind and languishing in retirement...until he happens to meet 15-year-old Mary Russell on the Sussex Downs. She's cur
Sep 16


Review of What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway
The historical fiction story about the building of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, had a romantic element that was...
Sep 24, 2024


Review of King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing past trauma, missing persons,...
Mar 12, 2024


Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
I loved each of the story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII...
Feb 6, 2024


Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske
The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy encounters,...
Nov 16, 2022


Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. “My books promised me that life wasn’t just...
Oct 13, 2021
