The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
Suzanne Rindell’s The Other Typist is one of those novels that I can’t help picking up. It’s set in 1920’s New York, at a point in history where the city seems to be filled a…
Tag: Historical Fiction
The Boleyn King by Laura Anderson
Laura Anderson’s The Boleyn King piqued my interest when Michele from A Reader’s Respite called it the “Tudors for the teenage set”, and said it was “a fun romp” (Disclaimer: I am totally paraphrasing/making up what…
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah MacLean
The more the outrageous the title of a historical romance the more inclined I am to enjoy reading it. This one was no exception. Lady Calpurnia has spent ten years as a retiring…
Bristol House by Beverly Swerling
Combining the stories of a research assignment undertaken by desperate scholar and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall and the preoccupations of sixteenth-century Carthusian monks, Bristol House is fast-paced, conspiracy-driven historical fiction of the best kind. Swerling’s…
Fear in The Sunlight by Nicola Upson
Fear in The Sunlight is Nicola Upton’s fourth novel in her mystery series featuring Josephine Tey, the pseudonym of famed mystery writer Elizabeth McCammon. When it opens, the Tey has recently died from cancer, and…
Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin & The Twelve Tribes of Hattieby Ayana Mathis
Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin (January 2013, Mulholland Books) Ian Rankin’s Standing In Another Man’s Grave finds retired John Rebus considering his identity in the absence of being a police…