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Oct 5, 2020
Pilot Who Knows the Waters (The Lord Hani Mysteries #6)
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Egyptian diplomat Hani must secretly obtain a Hittite bridegroom for Queen Meryet-amen, but Ay and...
Historical Mystery Ancient Egypt
The Custard Corpses
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A delicious 1940s mystery. Birmingham, England, UK, 1943. While the whine of the air raid...
Historical Mystery
Marple: Twelve New Stories
Val McDermid, Leigh Bardugo, Kate Mosse, Alyssa Cole, Ruth Ware, Dreda Say Mitchell, Natalie Haynes, Elly Griffiths, Naomi Alderman, Lucy Foley, Jean Kwok and Karen M McManus
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This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the...
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The Leviathan
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SHE IS AWAKE... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas...
Historical fiction Gothic Witches Mythology
The Dragon Tree (Dr DuLac #2)
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A haunting medieval time-slip (#2 in the Dr DuLac series, sequel to A Shape on the Air, but can be...
Historical Romance Mystery Time Slip Medieval
On the Horns of Death (Ancient Crete Mystery #2)
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Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When young bull leaper Martis finds Duzi, the newest member of the bull...
Historical Fiction Mystery Ancient Crete
Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer
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Lady Bridgerton meets The Thursday Murder Club in the first of a charming, Victorian-set mystery...
Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated The House of Secrets (The Sarah Bennett Mysteries, #2) in Books
May 22, 2019
When Sarah takes a job with occult expert Dr Matthew Geisler, he promises to help her understand the sorrowful spirit that seems to have attached itself to her.
As Sarah struggles to cope with the ghostly presence, she runs into Zeke, the man who left her six months earlier and is recovering from injuries suffered in an alleged accident. But Zeke has secrets of his own, and when an attempt is made on Geislers life, Sarah finds herself caught in a struggle between the living and the dead.
Unsure who she can trust, Sarah must solve the mystery of the soul determined to haunt her, and save Dr Geisler and herself from an unknown threat.
This book was previously published as WEEPING IN THE WINGS
This is actually a historical fiction, paranormal, mystery, romance book. I thought it was going to be more paranormal mystery with a little hint of romance.
The characters were lovable and the story kept me wanting more!
I liked the characters and the story was well thought out. A perfect read for fans of mysteries.
This is the first book I have read by Terry Lynn Thomas and am looking forward to reading more of her books.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley.
ClareR (6037 KP) rated The Dictator’s Muse in Books
Jan 10, 2023
Hitler is in power, and one of his most respected film makers, Leni Riefenstahl, has been tasked with filming the Berlin Olympics. She has to tread a fine line between the film-making she wants to create and that of the Nazi propaganda machine.
Meanwhile, back in England, Kit is training for the olympics whilst holding down a full time job and trying to impress his upper class girlfriend. He discovers he can get sponsorship through Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, even though he isn’t by any means a fascist.
Alun is a Welsh Communist, who has been tasked with infiltrating the Blackshirts.
Leni seems to be in a state of permanent dread, because even those who are staunch Nazis aren’t safe from being taken down by the SS.
There’s a lot going on in this book, and it sounds like it should be confusing. But it’s really not. It wasn’t fact, unputdownable.
There’s a great mystery threaded through this, introduced by a modern day character, an academic called Sigrun Meier.
Historical fiction AND a mystery - what’s not to like?!

