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About Mikki Blu

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I read to escape and to be entertained for awhile. My main choice is historical mysteries, with a side of supernatural. I don't want any part of dystopian books, or depressing reality tales - there is quite enough of that in the news these days! I'm a social media failure - I don't tweet, Instagram, Tumblr or Facebook - who has the time when there's books to read?

Mikki Blu's Reviews:

Dr. Silkstone, pioneering forensic detective

November 21, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

I came across the books of Tessa Harris at the library in my search for something new to read, and the description led me to believe the series would be along the same vein as the books by C.S. Harris.  This is actually book 2 in the Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries, but I didn’t have much trouble picking up the thread of the series.  Dr. Silkstone is an American anatomist who traveled to 1780s London to study under one of the foremost surgeons there.  He […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries #2, Tessa Harris, Victorian drama/mystery

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries #2, Tessa Harris, Victorian drama/mystery ·
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Festive celebrations with the March family

November 16, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

After a year of marriage – and numerous adventures – Lady Julia and Brisbane hope for a quiet, intimate Christmas together – until they find themselves at her father’s ancestral estate, Bellmont Abbey, with her eccentric family and a menagerie of animals. Silent Night starts where Dark Enquiry left off, with Julia and Brisbane planning a trip to Italy.  This plan is scuttled, however, when they receive a letter from her father who reminds them that it’s the year to perform the Twelfth Night play […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical mystery/romance, holiday festive themes, Lady Julia Grey series novellas

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:90 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical mystery/romance, holiday festive themes, Lady Julia Grey series novellas ·
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More of Lady Julia’s (mis)adventures

November 14, 2017 by Mikki Blu 4 Comments

This is book five in the Lady Julia Grey series, and apparently the last one since it was published in 2011 and nothing else full length is forthcoming.  There are a few novellas that follow this but that’s it.  It may not be a bad thing to end it, as the characters seemed to be stuck in a rut as far as growth. As usual, the book starts with Julia trying to persuade her now husband Brisbane that she is capable of joining him in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical mystery, Lady Julia Grey #5

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:88 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical mystery, Lady Julia Grey #5 ·
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Finding Repentance

November 8, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is book three in the Sins of the City series, and it wraps up the thread of mystery that has been running through the previous books.  I’m not sure if I can avoid revealing some spoilers from the first two books, and you really need to read the whole series to get full understanding of what is going on.  In fact, this one backtracks somewhat to start with, to reveal some of the details from the end of book two.  An investigation has been […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, K.J. Charles, LGTBQ romance, Sins of the City #3, trans gender, Victorian historical mystery

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:87 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr9, K.J. Charles, LGTBQ romance, Sins of the City #3, trans gender, Victorian historical mystery ·
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More March family madness

November 6, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is book four in the Lady Julia Grey series, and it begins with the newly wedded couple of Julia and Brisbane on their extended honeymoon.  They are enjoying their connubial bliss, away from the clutches of the March family, but this bliss is interrupted by the arrival of Julia’s sister Portia and brother Plum.  Portia is on a mission to India, in a manner of speaking, to be with the woman who left her previously so that she could have a normal life and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, Lady Julia Grey #4, Victorian historical mystery

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, Lady Julia Grey #4, Victorian historical mystery ·
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It was a dark and gloomy moor

October 30, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is the third book in the Lady Julia Grey series, and I found myself a little disappointed with some aspects of it.  To begin with, Julia is convinced that Nicholas Brisbane is in love with her – she just has to get him to admit it.  In the first two books, they have had an on again, off again sort of courtship, if you can even call it that.  He helped to solve the mystery of her first husband’s death, and they worked together […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, gothic, historical mystery, Lady Julia Grey #3

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:85 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, gothic, historical mystery, Lady Julia Grey #3 ·
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