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“Death was pain and sickness, and terror of the long, blind, last step.”

Paragon Walk (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel, #3) by Anne Perry

June 28, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

This was like the two books before it in the series, an ok book; not good, not bad, just ok. It’s a low ok, because for a book that was originally published 44 years ago, and the edition I read was first printed 14 years ago, this had the most errors I have read in a book in a long time; you would think someone in all the years might have pointed them out and the type might have been corrected. Thomas and Charlotte both […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: Anne Perry, class divides, victorian mystery

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:83 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: Anne Perry, class divides, victorian mystery ·
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Murder, Magic, Mystery, and Maud’s f*ck lessons

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

February 10, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Murder on a trans-oceanic voyage? Magic probably involved? Somewhat sheltered aristocratic girl and a an actress teaming up (in more ways than one)? Sounds like a fine Galentine’s read to me. I have to admit, I liked the first volume of this series, but didn’t totally love it. I almost liked this one better; strange as it sounds, it’s almost more realistic, in spite of the ghosts and magic that crop up off and on the entire time. I think the predetermined timeframe of there’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: A Restless Truth, alternate Victorian, Freya Marske, LGBTQ ormance, murder mystery, Romance, steampunk, The Last Binding trilogy, victorian mystery

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction · Tags: A Restless Truth, alternate Victorian, Freya Marske, LGBTQ ormance, murder mystery, Romance, steampunk, The Last Binding trilogy, victorian mystery ·
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Who Killed the Artist’s Mistress?

October 7, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is the second book in the Veronica Speedwell mysteries, set in Victorian England.  Veronica, our heroine, is a spunky adventurist and lepidopterist who met up with Revelstoke Templeton (aka Stoker) in the first book.  Stoker comes from a noble family, but has been estranged from them for several years due to reasons he has kept to himself.  He’s also an adventurer who spent time in the Royal Navy, and now does taxidermy in his free time.  He and Veronica formed a strong bond solving […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, Veronica Speedwell #2, victorian mystery

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:76 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, Veronica Speedwell #2, victorian mystery ·
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“One may be elegant or enthusiastic, but seldom both.”

February 13, 2017 by Ellepkay 3 Comments

I had somehow forgotten how much I love Deanna Raybourn’s prose.  I will not forget again.  I think I highlighted more passages in this book than I have for any other before.  I will try not to bog down this review with all of them, and to leave you some tidbits of joy to discover for yourself should you chose to read it. In 1887 Veronica Speedwell is a young woman (mid 20s) who was raised by her ‘aunts’, two women who adopted her as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Deanna Raybourn, Veronica Speedwell, victorian mystery

Ellepkay's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Deanna Raybourn, Veronica Speedwell, victorian mystery ·
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