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Review: Death of a New American (Jane Prescott #2) by Mariah Fredericks
If you have been following me for just about any amount of time, it’s pretty clear that I love historical mysteries. Obviously this is a huge genre with mystery novels coming out of every period to fit just about every interest. So when I am looking for a new historical mystery, I want to read something that is either ‘new’ or different, or has an outstanding main character that can relate to. When this series came up for review, I hadn’t heard a thing about it. In fact I was actually kind of surprised that I hadn’t heard anything about it since it’s set at the turn of the century…
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Review: A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness #2) by Rhys Bowen
As you might have guessed, I am burning my way through this series at an alarming rate. Not even half way through the first book, I had to order the rest of the books in the series because I knew that I would be reading all of them in a matter of weeks. I have read the latest book in this series, Four Weddings and Maybe a Funeral (the last book to date)….I know—don’t ask me why but I read them completely out of order and I figured that I better remedy that situation and start from the beginning. But I wasn’t expecting to love this series as much as…
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Review: Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris
This is another series that I came into way late in the game. I read the first book in the series and then skipped a head to books 12 and 13. And of course now, here we are at book 14. I love Sebastian, AKA Viscount Devlin, though so I couldn’t pass up this book when it came up for review. I will get into how jumping around in the series effected my reading experience later on in my review, but for now I want to talk a little bit about why this series appealed to me. When I was pitched the 12th book, I hadn’t heard of this series…
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Review: Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness #1) by Rhys Bowen
People. It finally happened. I have had gifted Her Royal Spyness by my mom at least 4 times. Yes I have 4 copies of this book on my book shelf at any given time. I have read a number of Bowen’s books and I comment every single time about how I haven’t read this series. I recently read Four Weddings and Maybe a Funeral…..which was the last book in the series. Talk about late to the party. I thought it was a great read but obviously I was missing a huge back story between Darcy and Georgie. I vowed then that I would remedy that situation and read Her Royal…
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Review: My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
This book summary intrigued me to the core. Husband and wife turned serial killers? Um yes please! How could I not be intrigued by the whole suburban couple meets Dexter and Mr and Mrs Smith situation described in the summary? I love shows like Weeds (suburban housewife turned drug dealer), and movies like Mr and Mrs Smith (suburban couple meets assassin spies) so this book was simply begging me to read it. As a stay at home mom, there are days when I wonder what my neighbor are up to when they come home at 3 am. Were they just out for a night on the town or were they…
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Special Feature: The Last Woman in the Forest by Diane Les Becquets
Diane Les Becquets is a new to me author. I haven’t read her debut novel, Breaking Wild, which was a big best seller in 2016. I have only recently started reading a lot more thrillers so it’s not surprising that I hadn’t heard of her novel before. Then this one came up for review and I was eager to give it a shot because it sounded really interesting, plus I like the husky dog on the cover (I am a husky owner myself) so needless to say I was partial. I will be reviewing it in June, but since it just released this month, I wanted to get the word…
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Review: Murder Lo Mein (A Noodle Shop Mystery #3) by Vivien Chien
I discovered Lana Lee and the Noodle Shop Mystery series just over a year ago and frankly I paid yes to the first book because I loved the Chinese take out container on the front—-it made me hungry. I am seriously motivated by food, it’s embarrassing! But, that cute little Chinese container book contained a rather interesting mystery and a hysterical leading lady in Lana Lee. I was eager for the next book and found it equally enjoyable. So here we are with the third book and the fourth due out this summer. I was absolutely on board with reading the third book. How could I not love this series…
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Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
Earlier this year I read The Alienist, yes I know I’m about a million years late to the party for The Alienist. In short, I loved The Alienist and I found that it was a completely different and unique story and prose. Though I had to take it in small doses, I still loved it and thought that it will forever stand out as an excellent historic thriller not only for the time when it was written, but that it has a lasting appeal. So when this book came across my desk for review and was marketed to fans of The Alienist, I couldn’t say no. That’s a tall order…
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Review: A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn
This was a series that I perpetually have no pre order. I was sold on it even before it came out. I saw the cover in 2015 and immediately knew I needed this book so I pre ordered a copy. I fell in love with Veronica Speedwell the moment I started reading. She was refreshing, unconventional, over the top, and just so sassy. I loved the chemistry between her and her leading man, Stoker. Since the inception of this series, I have been first in line with the next installment comes out. The last book left me feeling a little wanting in the relationship department though, so I was extra eager…
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Winner: WHY KILL THE INNOCENT (Sebastian St. Cyr #13) by C.S. Harris
And the winner of the paperback copy of WHY KILL THE INNOCENT by C.S. Harris is….. Caitlin The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the author for making this giveaway possible!