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• Review: Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night by James Runcie

  

  Description (from cover): 'The second book in the Grantchester Mysteries--six detective novels set against the backdrop of thirty years of British history. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The White Princess by Philippa Gregory

  

  Description (from cover): 'Caught between loyalties, the mother of the Tudors must choose between the red rose and the white. Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Time... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Antidote to Murder by Felicity Young

  

  Description (from cover): 'In the scorching summer of 1911, London is a hotbed of political activity as women fight for their equality and Germany starts to pos... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Anatomy of Death by Felicity Young

  

  Description (from publisher): 'At the turn of the twentieth century, London's political climate is in turmoil, as women fight for the right to vote. Dody... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Paris Affair by Teresa Grant

  

  Description (from cover): 'From the ashes of war rise the secrets of its darkest hearts... In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Imperial Scandal by Teresa Grant

  

  Description (from cover): 'Amid the treachery of war and the whirl of revelry, no one is what they seem... Nights filled with lavish balls...lush, bucolic... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: In Defense of the Queen by Michelle Diener

  

  Description (from cover): 'An artist never betrays her patron...especially one of the world's most powerful kings. Susanna Horenbout has learned this lesson fro... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne

  

  Description (from cover): 'Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates the final days of tsarist Russia. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau

  

  Description (from cover): 'In the midst of England's Reformation, a young novice will risk everything to defy the most powerful men of her era. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau

  

  Description (from cover): 'Joanna Stafford, a Dominican nun, learns that her favorite cousin has been condemned by Henry VIII to be burned at the stake. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play by Ellen Mansoor Collier

  

  Description (from cover): ''Boardwalk Empire' meets 'The Great Gatsby' in this soft-boiled 'Jazz Age' mystery, inspired by actual events. Prohibition is in... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett

  

  Description (from cover): 'A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller's search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

  

  Description (from cover): 'Almost a decade has passed since Andy Sachs quit the job 'a million girls would die for' working for Miranda Priestly at Runway... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Gluten for Punishment by Nancy J. Parra

  

  Description (from cover): 'Gluten-free baker Toni Holmes may not cook with wheat, but when there's a criminal on the loose, she'll do what it takes to figure ou... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry by Ann Purser

  

  Description (from cover): 'Save the date: Ivy Elizabeth Beasley is ready to share her golden years and plans to wed Roy Vivian Goodman on the fifth of May. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BOOKS

• Review: Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear

  

  Description (from cover): 'London, 1933. Two months after Usha Pramal's body is discovered in the waters of a city canal, her brother, newly arrived in... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane

  

  Description (from publisher): 'A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first know healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the early... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: A Friendly Game of Murder by J.J. Murphy

  

  Description (from cover): 'Why should Dorothy Parker's friends be the only ones 'making enviable names/ In science, art, and parlor games? Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: You Might as Well Die by J.J. Murphy

  

  Description (from cover): 'One must be careful never to pick up a stray piece of paper at the Algonquin Round Table--it may be the check. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Murder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy

  

  Description (from cover): 'I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under my host. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE