Category: Mystery

  • Review of “A Beautiful Blue Death”

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    A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch is the first book in his Charles Lenox mysteries. Charles Lenox is a gentleman living in Victorian England who prefers to spend his time reading obscure literature and histories as he plans to venture around the world to visit historical sights. His reality is more that of a…

  • Review of “A Solitude of Wolverines”

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    A Solitude of Wolverines is the first book in the Alex Carter series by Alice Henderson. When the book opens Alex Carter is a wildlife biologist living in Boston preparing for a speech about a study on an endangered bird species. The event and thus her speech are interrupted when a shooter decides to take…

  • Review of “Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula”

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    This book is exactly what it sounds like. Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula is the first book in the Classified Dossier series by Christian Klaver. Sherlock Holmes is approached about an unusual incident where a finger was found on a dead body but by all indications the finger has many interesting properties that indicate it…

  • Review of “The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections”

    Libraries, a sacred and mystical space. At least, it is if you are a dedicated reader. However, in The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk it is also a place where the absolutely horrendous happens. A one of a kind book goes missing. Liesl is a librarian at a university library…