Historical Fiction

Review: Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie

Trust No One. Sir Stafford Nye, a minor diplomat, encounters an irresistible call to adventure on a routine business trip....

#SneakPeek: Mr Mottley & the Plushbottom Conundrum – Old Friends

#SneakPeek: Mr Mottley & the Plushbottom Conundrum – Old Friends

As you may recall, Mottley’s longstanding friendship with Chief Inspector Forthright reached a breaking point in Mr Mottley Gets His Man:...

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Review: Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a warm, safe, and fun holiday celebration. And I hope those who don’t celebrate...

The Power of Place in the Fictive Dream

Mottley & Baker’s second adventure, Mister Mottley and the Dying Fall is set in October of 1932, six months after...

Tey For Two: A Book Binge Review

…or rather, Tey for four. I’ve been on an author binge this summer, and I don’t regret a single minute of...

Expert in Murder by Josephine Tey

Nicola Upson: An Expert in Murder

Warning: Nicola Upson will mess with your mind, and make you like it. This brain-bending story forces you to question reality, but...

Review: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley

Ask and you shall receive. I’ve heard cat lovers speak of “Cat Central,” a mystical agency that assigns cats to...

Five Star Review: Teetotaled

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.” –P.G. Wodehouse Maia Chance and...

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Review: Out of the Blackout by Robert Barnard

Growing up in my house was a constant refrain of “Tomayto, Tomahto.” Dad liked red wine and oysters. Mom was...

Searching and Researching

One of the best parts of writing vintage-style fiction, is that hours of research on my favorite topics all count...