Kate Belli – Cannonball Read 17

Awkward encounters in the giant wooden elephant and beyond

Treachery on Tenth Street by Kate Belli

December 23, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

When I put the fourth book in the Gilded Gotham Mystery series (just released) on a Christmas list, I realized I may not have read the third, so I got it from the library. Almost fitting in a way, since Treachery on Tenth Street actually (non-spoiler) ends with a reference to the eventual arrival of Christmas. The mystery is almost secondary here, since there is a good bit of emphasis on characters realizing how they feel about each other. The obvious attraction has been clear […]

High Society, Murder, Romance, Bicycles, and a Haunted House, what could go wrong

Betrayal in the Bowery by Kate Belli

October 29, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 24: Gaslight Betrayal in the Bowery is set in 1889 NYC, meaning gas lights are very literally part of the setting. This is mostly a cozy murder mystery with sassy lady journalist Genvieve and her friend (probably romance partner in a volume or two) Daniel having to look into the mysterious death of a man who seems crazy running into the room on a steamship belonging to their just married friends and collapsing. It turns out Marcus (the dead man) has some connection to […]

Familiar but Interesting

Deception by Gaslight by Kate Belli

May 23, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Deception by Gaslight is on the one hand very familiar, but on the other hand interesting. The familiar includes the journalist partnering with a mysterious aristocrat to solve a series of thefts that might be connected to some murders affecting mostly high society to which they both have connections while trying to decide if they’re attracted to each other or not, and trying to keep their own personal secrets. The setting is late 19th century NYC, both the ballrooms of high class social gatherings and […]

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