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Kate Morgan – The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law (2024)
Review Billed as a “hidden history” in its sub-subtitle, like many popular history works, this somewhat oversells its unveiling of new stories to those who know anything much about the period under investigation. Still, as a Victorianist and someone who writes historical crime fiction set in the period, generally focused on women, I definitely found…
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Jasper Fforde – The Eyre Affair (2001)
Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review A slightly absurdist debut novel from the turn of the century, The Eyre Affair initiates the Thursday Next series, which is one that I am still itching to get into properly. Coming back to this novel and…
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Ian Moore – Death and Croissants (2021)
Review I have had a soft spot for Brits-in-France narratives ever since falling in love as a teenager with Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence. As a cosy mystery of a middle-aged Brit (and his hens!) navigating cultural differences while running a B&B in the Loire Valley, Death and Croissants is guaranteed to tick some…
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Fiona Veitch Smith – The Picture House Murders (2023)
Preamble Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review This was one of my impulsive Libby selections. I have seen it a few times before, and as I’ve been reading more crime fiction from the first half of the twentieth century, I thought it might…
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Batya Gur – Murder Duet: A Musical Case (1999)
Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or you can take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review I read all of the Michael Ohayon mysteries quite some time ago, but have…
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Stacking the Shelves – 2025 Week 14
Here’s what I’ve added to the list this week (much faster than I can keep up with reading): You can take a look at what other people have been stacking up this week on Reading Reality.
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EC Nevin – A Novel Murder (2025)
Preamble Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review I’m grateful to the author and publisher for an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley. A Novel Murder is due to be published in June 2025. Written by a publishing industry insider (Eve Hall), this forms the…
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Stacking the Shelves – 2025 Week 13
Here’s what I’ve added to the list this week (much faster than I can keep up with reading): You can take a look at what other people have been stacking up this week on Reading Reality.
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Leonora Nattrass – Black Drop (2021)
Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or you can take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review I was in two minds about whether I would review this, as I’m not…
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