Accomplished in Murder is a charming and well-written historical mystery set in Victorian England. It begins with the recently wed Celeste writing to her friend Druscilla Winterbourne to say that only if Druscilla joins her in Cornwall will Celeste feel safe. However, when Druscilla arrives, her dear friend has died Read more…
I usually stick with reviewing indie novels because I know they are the ones in need of attention. However, I’m reviewing a traditional memoir which needs to be read, not because it doesn’t already have readers. It does. But Breaking Night has something important to say to every possible reader. Read more…
“My name is Sumto, and I am a gambling, lazy, good-for-nothing drunk who has to join the army and fight in a war I am frankly too corpulent to cope with. Still, that’s got to be as bad as things get, Am I right?” This does not appear to be Read more…
This is a sweet, though action-packed, coming-of-age/gay/space opera/romance, in which the gay part is much less important that the coming-of-age part. The love scenes are not at all explicit for anyone who would be uncomfortable with that but quite unapologetically same gender, which I consider a plus. While I am Read more…
This is a well-written and entertaining time-travel novel. I enjoyed the author’s rather different take on time travel, and the fact that, for a change, it was men who were the “victims” of the phenomenon. Two men 700 years apart are ripped from their places in time. How does it Read more…
Dark Quarry is the first of a series of hard-boiled mysteries featuring investigator Mike Angel by author David H. Fears. I happen to like the hard-boiled genre, so I was happy to take a look at this novel. I must admit that I found it a bit hard to get Read more…
I’ve decided to start posting blog reviews on Fridays. I am going to review indie authors, and decided to start with a novel I own already. I was not gifted this although I may later accept novels to review. This just happens to be one of my favorites of all Read more…