I love Jane Thynne’s novels, especially the Clara Vine series set in the Second World War, as this novel is. So it was with a great deal of anticipation that I began […]
THE WORDS I NEVER WROTE by Jane Thynne
SUN & MOON, ICE & SNOW by Jessica Day George, read by Jessica Roland
Those of you who are familiar with the Norwegian Fairy Tale EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON will recognize many elements of that story, since this novel is essentially a […]
THE KILLING FOG (THE GRAVE KINGDOM #1) by Jeff Wheeler
I heard somewhere that author Jeff Wheeler was disappointed that this trio of novels titled THE GRAVE KINGDOM had not sold well. How could that be? Isn’t THE GRAVE KINGDOM about a […]
Graham Hancock’s AMERICA BEFORE: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization, read by the author
Personally, I am not a great fan of conspiracy theories, and I tend to disagree in general with Graham Hancock, particularly with his claim that there had to be one Lost Civilization […]
THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Fiona Davis
This is the first novel that I’ve read by author Fiona Davis, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE is one of Ms. Davis’ novels about famous […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE STONE CIRCLE (RUTH GALLOWAY #11) narrated by Jane McDowell
This is one of Elly Griffith’s most atmospheric books. The rain pounds down, turning the outside into a fierce waterfall. It patters gently against the window panes as Kate listens to a […]
THE LETTER by Ruth Saberton
I had never heard of this author before and was rather put off by the title (which is so plain, unprovocative, and common), but you cannot judge a book by its title! […]
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles
Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov is placed under house arrest in 1922, because the Bolsheviks cannot decide if his pre-war poem is seditious enough to warrant the firing squad or exile to Siberia. […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE CHALK PIT (RUTH GALLOWAY #9) narrated by Jane McDowell
This tale of murder and mysterious disappearances begins when Ruth Galloway’s excavates some bones in a tunnel below the Guildhall in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Ruth originally thinks the bones are medieval, but […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE WOMAN IN BLUE (RUTH GALLOWAY #8)
Yet another enjoyable volume from Elly Griffiths, this time following the trio we have come to love & know, i.e. Cathbad, Ruth & DCI Nelson. We are in Walsingham Norfolk, at the […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE GHOST FIELDS (RUTH GALLOWAY #7).
For some strange reason I was unable to get the audio/Audible version of this volume either on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk, even though it is clear that an Audio version did exist, at […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE OUTCAST DEAD (RUTH GALLOWAY #6), narrated by Clare Corbett
THE OUTCAST DEAD is set in Norwich, at Norwich Castle where many were hanged in the past. Forensic Archaeologist Ruth Galloway is excavating a grave pit of criminals, when she discovers a […]
Elly Griffiths’ DYING FALL (RUTH GALLOWAY #5), narrated by Clare Corbett
Before I talk about this highly enjoyable volume, I would like to warn whoever is reading this that DYING FALL is NUMBER FIVE in the Ruth Galloway series. The only site that […]
Elly Griffiths’ A ROOM FULL OF BONES (RUTH GALLOWAY #4), narrated by Jane McDowell
This is a wonderful novel for Halloween! It opens on Halloween, when Ruth Galloway has been called in to open the coffin of a 14-century bishop, who is an ancestor of the […]
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
This book is a braided narrative alternating between the present day (1996) and the past. Dr. Hanna Heath is an Australian conservator come to Sarajevo to restore the Sarajevo Haggadah, a most […]
THE BEAR & THE NIGHTINGALE by Katherine Arden narrated by Kathleen Gati
I admit that I was very puzzled by this book. At the beginning, it sounded like a set of linked short stories. Oh well, I said to myself, the author clearly loves […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE JANUS STONE (RUTH GALLOWAY #2), narrated by Jane McDowell
Ruth is thrilled. Now forty years old she is finally pregnant. However, to the shock of her born-again Christian parents, she is not married. And when asked who the father is, Ruth […]
Elly Griffiths’ THE CROSSING PLACES (RUTH GALLOWAY #1), narrated by Jane McDowell
I had never encountered this author before (she was recommended to me by my sister) but I very much enjoyed this volume. Elly Griffiths has now written 13 murder mysteries involving archaeologist […]
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