London, 1917. The body of an unknown man is found inside a locked closet in a highly secret area of Naval Intelligence, with a telegram in his pocket that could wreak havoc if it fell into the wrong hands. Agent Peter Gallagher sees there are a lot of players to this puzzle, so he invites …
I was very excited to get my hot little hands on the latest volume of the Cesare Aldo series. This is a crime mystery series set in 1500's Florence, and A Divine Fury is the fourth book in the series. (For reviews or more information about the other titles, Ritual Of Fire HERE, The Darkest …
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In NSW, Australia in 1881, young Dolly compares her downtrodden, hard working mother to the local school teacher, who is able to walk with her head high and has more independence. She feels determined to find a way out of the narrow life prescribed to women. When she is finally prevailed upon to marry, her …
Florence, 1538. We find Aldo working outside Florence, having run afoul of the moral code of his naive but honest protege, Strocchi, who threatened to expose his secrets. When he arrests a thief on a country estate, he finds himself on the fringes of the Constables disturbing case: a man was burned to death in …
Set in Canada in the 1800’s, in a (fictional) town called Dunmore, a place at the end of the Underground Railroad where freed or escaped slaves have made a home and give safe harbour. Lensinda is a journalist for the local paper who is tasked with interviewing a woman who refused to flee after shooting …
I am so excited that Cesare Aldo is back in DV Bishop's latest historical fiction/mystery The Darkest Sin! It's the Spring of 1537 in Florence, and Casare Aldo is sent to investigate a claim that a man has been seen infiltrating a convent in the North of the city. With the many secrets and ambitions …
Belle da Costa Greene was a remarkable woman. Born in 1879, she was a cultured and beautiful woman who discretely had lovers, and was highly respected in her field. She was the personal librarian of JP Morgan, director of one of the most prestigious US libraries, and was the highest paid woman of her era. …
Set in the 1950's in Cornwall, this book is the story of three generations of a Polish family who buy a house in hopes of making it turn a profit. There's the stylish but crotchety grandmother, the mother starting over after a bad break up, and the 5 year old daughter. In order to make …
In the 1830's, Afong Moy was the first Chinese woman to set foot on American soil. She made money as a curiosity, exhibited like a carnival attraction, and at some point seemed to disappear from historical records. In this book, Jamie Ford takes this historical figure as his starting point and mixes in the notion …
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Western Australia, 1896. Eliza Brightwell decides to take matters into her own hands when her father mysteriously disappears off his boat while out on a pearl diving expedition with his crew. Time is of the essence when the local constabulary are clearly intent on arresting the wrong man and she must race to find out …
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