Historical fiction
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“Professor Corlon had been murdered, and she was among the suspects.” The Catalogued Corpse is a 1920s cozy mystery featuring amateur sleuth Doro Banyon, an American college librarian, feminist and murder mystery enthusiast. As a young woman working at Michaw College, Doro is used to ignoring the ire of the Fearsome Foursome, four male faculty…
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“We are going to the dogs, Cantwell. And I mean that literally, not figuratively!” An atmospheric, historical crime novel presenting the reader with a deep dive into the world of fixed dog racing in rural Devon in the 1950s, in a society still reeling from the aftermath of the Second World War. Here, we are…
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In Marts I found some great free books on Bookfunnel, from the very logical Saul Sheldon and the Crooked Shelf, to the two cozy 1920shistorical mysteries Murder Beneath the Roses and The Catalogued Corpse and the three contemporary cozy mysteries The Only Way is Larceny, Forecast: A Latte Trouble and A Mallard Point Mystery. I…
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“A sinister hooded figure who smells like spring flowers? Oh, Simon, this case is shaping up to be delightfully absurd.” Lady Margot is overseeing the preparations for the annual Midsummer Garden Party at Blackwell Manor when the body of the head gardener, Edwin Thistlewood is found among the rosebushes. Despite the warnings from Inspector Simon…
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“A soldier’s heart, that’s what they call it, my dear. When the battles won’t stop.” Before Leona Gladney was Leona Gladney, she was a Union soldier who fought in the war disguised as man. Now, she is trying to build a new life for herself and fit into good society in Boston with her husband…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review The year is 1899 and Countess Frances Harleigh is at an afternoon soiree in Park Lane, London. It is her first time spending the summer in London since she moved to England nine years ago, as her late husband, the Earl of Harleigh, had a habit of sending his…
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“Egypt. The mysterious jewel of the Orient, land of pharaohs, fabled Mamlukes, and countless marvels.” Fatma el-Sha’arawi is one of the only female agents of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. She is tough, experienced, and she works alone. But when an entire secret brotherhood, led by the very prominent English basha, Lord…
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February was a month of great ARCs, from Belle Époque Paris glamour and bohemian vibes in Secrets of the Maison Fournier to contemporary best friend sleuths in Dying to Live Here and Golden Age murder mystery in A Pretender’s Murder. For the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge on Instagram I revisited the lovely sleuth duo Edwina…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Early morning, Warmsley Parva village in England. Edwina Davenport sits in front of her typewriter, fingers poised right above the keys. The house is quiet around her, a rare bliss in a household consisting of an American adventuress, a nosy gardener, a stern housekeeper, Crumpet the dog, and Edwina…
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