An adventurer and privateer serving the Queen’s spymaster, Sir Christopher Hamilton is dispatched to watch over Anne Marie Fraser. Held hostage because of her treacherous father’s support of Mary Queen of Scots, Anne Marie’s cloistered plight angers and than frustrates … Continue reading
They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politicians. Three strangers with nothing in common — and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the … Continue reading
1st in the Captain Lacey mystery series Author: Ashley Gardner ISBN: 0-425-19330-6 Finished: 17 August 2007 Who: Captain Gabriel Lacey When: April 1816 From the back: Hanover Square is one of the wealthier neighborhoods of London, certainly not an area … Continue reading
termsWar with their arch-rival, the evil Ansara clan, is unavoidable. For Mercy Raintree, the war means she must assume her position as guardian of the Sanctuary — the sacred Raintree home place deep in the Smoky Mountains. But doing so … Continue reading
terms2nd in the Gaslight Mystery series Author: Victoria Thompson ISBN: 0-425-17361-5 (Berkley) Finished: 9 August 2007 Who: Sarah Brandt, midwife and Frank Malloy, detective When: July 1896 — approximately three months since Murder on Astor Place From the back: Thinking … Continue reading
