Tag Archives: historical locations
Review: A Deadly Fortune, by Stacie Murphy
Overview A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York must use a special talent to unravel a deadly conspiracy. Amelia Matthew has done the all-but-impossible, especially for an orphan … Continue reading
Review: Tidewater Bride, by Laura Frantz
Overview They’re both too busy for love . . . but love is not too busy for them Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in Virginia Colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many … Continue reading
Review, A Castaway in Cornwall, by Julie Klassen
Overview Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed … Continue reading
Review: Palmer Girl, by Dawn Klinge
Synopsis When insurance tycoon, Cornelius Nordeman, is recruited to work for the Exposition Corporation, the New Yorker brings his family to live at the Palmer House Hotel, far away from any reminders of a recent tragedy. He’s hopeful this move … Continue reading
Review: The Lions of Fifth Avenue, by Fiona Davis
Synopsis It’s 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn’t ask for more out of life—her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they … Continue reading
