Mistress and the Art of Death is first book of in this series from Ariana Franklin. I didn’t quite know what to expect – a pure historical fiction or a paranormal mystery? It’s actually more akin to a modern murder mystery simply set in 12th century Cambridge. Four children have been murdered and the English community, rife with religious prejudice, blames the ghetto-ized Jewish community. Henry II is forced to step in and quarantine the Jewish people in a nearby castle. Lest they be lynched by the Catholic […]
An Artful Novel
So Dickens chose to write about Oliver Twist, the cherubic little orphan lost in the big bad world. But I think we all know who the more interesting character is – Jack Dawkins, otherwise known as the Artful Dodger. In fact, that’s how the book starts: the preface “reintroduces us to the acclaimed Mr. Jack Dawkins, known to sundry as the Artful Dodger, and laments the inattention paid him as compared to more simpering examples of the day.” The author goes on to explain why […]
King’s Hounds Series #2
This is the second in the King’s Hounds series, named after the main characters Halfdan and Winston, who have been taken into the confidence of King Cnut, the Danish conqueror of England. They solved a murder and saved his bacon in the first book, and now they’re back for another interesting medieval murder mystery. Halfdan and Winston are traveling north to see how everything is going up there, to be the King’s eyes and ears. On the way, they stay at a monastery. A monk […]
A book I read so long ago that I can’t remember if I even reviewed it.
This is the second book in the series started by David Liss with The Conspiracy of Paper, starring boxer turned private investigator Benjamin Weaver. Well, Weaver is a detective and also a thief-taker, since that’s a pretty good money maker. In this one, Weaver is hired to find out who is threatening an Anglican priest. While he’s investigating, he’s accused of murdering a dock worker, and convicted even though there is no actual evidence against him. The judge practically forces the jury to convict Weaver […]
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