1860s New Orleans: Coleman and June are freed slaves, siblings, who still work for their former owners, the Harper family, as though nothing has changed. Wyatt Harper, who is obsessed with June, has taken her and gone to Mexico, and the siblings wonder if they will ever see each other again. When a stranger comes …
Pemberley, 1799, Georgiana Darcy, trying to escape from an unwanted marriage proposal, finds herself catapulted through time to Saltram, 1995, where a film crew is filming a Jane Austen adaptation. When she's the only witness to a crime there, she realises that she's been sent there to investigate! With the help of a handsome, Irish …
Continue reading A Crime Through Time (Miss Darcy Investigates) by Amelia Blackwell
Ada is 46 and depressed when she starts sneaking into the caves and exploring Ruby Falls, a natural wonder turned tourist attraction named after her friend, who is the wife of the man who discovered it. But it's the Great Depression, and the attraction, like everything, is struggling to stay afloat. When a stunt with …
Venice, 1539. When Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence, he's hired to help protect him, but after the attack fails, there's a twist: Someone used the distraction to steal the Duke's private journal, full of incendiary political secrets that threaten the very fabric of society. Now Aldo …
Continue reading Carnival Of Lies by DV Bishop (#5 Cesare Aldo)
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 …
Continue reading A Divine Fury by DV Bishop (Cesare Aldo Book #4)
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 …
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