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• Review: Murder at Marble House by Alyssa Maxwell

  

  Description (from cover): 'With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Relatively Dead by Sheila Connolly

  

  Description (from cover): 'Abby Kimball has just moved to New England with her boyfriend and is trying to settle in, but the experience if proving to be quite... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Heiresses by Sara Shepard

  

  Description (from cover): 'You know the Saybrooks. Everyone does. Perhaps you've read a profile of them in People or have seen their pictures in the society... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal

  

  Description (from cover): 'For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Brush with Death by Karen MacInerney

  

  Description (from cover): 'For Natalie Barnes, the flurry of trendy artists setting up shop on Cranberry Island promises to be the perfect recipe for relaxing... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Blast: The Lost Duchess by Jenny Barden

  

  Please join author Jenny Barden as she tours the blogopsphere for The Lost Duchess from May 26-June 20. Paperback Publication Date: June 5, 2014 Ebury Press... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: 2nd Chance by James Patterson

  

  Description (from cover): 'A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously--or was it intentionally?--only... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: 1st to Die by James Patterson

  

  Description (from cover): '1st to Die is a dazzlingly powerful new thriller by master suspense novelist, James Patterson, the #1 bestselling author of Kiss the... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Fairbairn Girls Una-Mary Parker

  

  Description (from cover): '1891: The rich, aristocratic Fairbairn family have occupied Lochlee Castle in Argyllshire for the past five hundred years, and their... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Asylum by John Harwood

  

  Description (from cover): 'Georgina Ferrars, a young woman living quietly with her uncle in London, wakes to find herself in a private asylum 200 miles away on... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan

  

  Description (from cover): 'Sarah Grayson is the happy proprietor of Second Chance, a charming shop in the oceanfront town of North Harbor, Maine. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay

  

  Description (from cover): 'One in a Milliner... Scarlett Parker and her British cousin, Vivian Tremont, are hard at work at Mim's Whims--their ladies' hat shop... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Dead Between the Lines by Denise Swanson

  

  Description (from cover): 'Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Shining by Stephen King

  

  Description (from cover): 'Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns by Ellen Mansoor Collier

  

  Description (from cover): 'During Prohibition in 1920's Galveston, the Island was called the "Free State of Galveston" due to its lax laws and laissez faire... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell

  

  Description (from cover): 'Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Outsmarting of Criminals by Steven Rigolosi

  

  Description (from cover): 'After being mugged in New York city, Miss Felicity Prim decides to leave the big city and purchase a home in the country, where she... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In My Mailbox (May 26)

  

  Hosted by the wonderful The Story Siren... Received from Netgalley: 1. Sisters of Treason--Elizabeth Fremantle 2. Jane Austen's First Love--Syrie James 3. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Silversmith's Wife by Sophia Tobin

  

  Description (from cover): 'The year is 1792 and winter hangs heavy in Berkeley Square. As the city sleeps, the night-watchman keeps a cautious eye over the... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Nightingales on Call by Donna Douglas

  

  Description (from cover): '1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nurses... Dora and her old enemy Lucy are paired up on the children's ward for the final... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE