I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective by Katie Siegel. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective, famous child detective Charlotte is grown-up now. She no …
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This is like if Jane Austen wrote a murder mystery. And what’s not to like about that? In A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales, Beatrice Steele has often balked at the rules of her strict society in Swampshire, being less ladylike than most people would prefer her to be. She also, secretly, has been …
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The London Seance Society, Lenna is determined to learn how her sister Evie died, so she begins …
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I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Three Drops of Blood, Kate is dealing with a lot. Her first acting job, a popular …
In short, this is the Great British Bake-Off with bite. (And no, that is not a baking pun. Well, okay, maybe it is.) In The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell, it’s the tenth season of the hit show Bake Week, which is hosted on the sprawling grounds of Grafton estate in Vermont, the home of …
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