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Vaseem Khan – The Girl In Cell A (2025)
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 This is a departure from Vaseem Khan’s previous series, which I’ve enjoyed but not…
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Bailey Seybolt – Coram House (2025)
Read my short story collection featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies now (in paperback, hardback, or on Kindle)! If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Review Set in a bitter winter, an otherwise scenic town holds some terrible secrets. Writer Alex Kelly –…
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Gareth Rubins – The Turnglass (2024)
Read my short story collection featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies now (in paperback, hardback, or on Kindle)! If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Review This is a fun concept, playing with the concept of the tête-bêche book (a single text with…
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Nicola Williams – Without Prejudice (1997)
Read my short story collection featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies now (in paperback, hardback, or on Kindle)! If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Review I picked up this novel as a prelude to reading Nicola Williams’ second novel featuring barrister Leanne…
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Greek Myth and Classical Reception (2023 Victorian Reading Project)
This was the fourth theme on my Great Nineteenth-Century Reading Project list, but I started it early because I was thinking about some new teaching (on The Victorian Homer) and fiction projects that were related. As with the other themes, there was a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in this list. Reading plan (chronological)…
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Matthew Francis – Nocturne with Gaslamps (2025)
If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or read my short story collection featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies! Review (4.5 out of 5) I’m grateful to the author and Neem Tree Press for the advanced reader copy of Nocturne with Gaslamps. I…
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Anthony Horowitz – Close to Death (2024)
Read my short story collection featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies now (in paperback, hardback, or on Kindle)! If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Review (3.5 out of 5) The latest in Horowitz’s series of Daniel Hawthorne meta-fictions, this novel takes a…
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Rob Rinder – The Trial (2024)
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 enjoyed the premise of this, and of course Rob Rinder is a great person…
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Josie Lloyd – Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency (2024)
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’m grateful to the author, NetGalley, and HarperCollins for the advanced reader’s copy of this…
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Jim Nelson – A Man Named Baskerville (2022)
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! See also These lists capture other stories and characters that I thought of as I…
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