Category Archives: Kindle

Locked In by Kerry Wilkinson

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

A house in Manchester contains a surprise for Jessica Daniel. Not the dead body – she’s a Detective Sergeant, she’s used to that sort of thing. It’s the fact that the house was completely locked up, with all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jessica Daniel, Kerry Wilkinson, Kindle, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 13 Comments

Murder In The Maze by J J Connington

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Whistlefield is a picturesque country house, with a lovely hedge maze in the garden. It’s a special maze, as it has two centres – open areas where the twin brothers, Roger and Neville Shandon sometimes go for a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in J J Connington, Kindle, Sir Clinton Driffield | 28 Comments

Furies by D L Johnstone

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Alexandria, 36 AD. Decimus Tarquitius Aculeo, a Roman businessman is ruined as his fleet of ships and their cargo has been lost. As his wife leaves for Rome, taking his son with her, Aculeo descends into a drunken depression. That … Continue reading →

Posted in D L Johnstone, Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Kindle, Original Sins | 5 Comments

Nine Man’s Murder by Eric Keith

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

It’s always nice to start with the reason I picked the book in question to review. Unfortunately, I haven’t the faintest idea how it got on my Kindle… Apparently I paid for it, and it wasn’t a bargain (reasonable price … Continue reading →

Posted in Eric Keith, Kindle, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 14 Comments

A Good Soldier by Jeffrey Marks

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

It was a while ago that I reviewed The Ambush Of My Name by Jeffrey Marks. I honestly can’t remember who recommended it to me, but it was a little gem. Ulysses S Grant, in the aftermath of the Civil … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Nother Chance November, Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Jeffrey Marks, Kindle, Ulysses S. Grant | 6 Comments

The Seven Wonders of Crime by Paul Halter

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

A lighthouse keeper is found burned to death inside his locked lighthouse. A man is shot dead from a crossbow bolt, fired apparently from the sky. Each time, the police receive a cryptic warning, unfortunately too cryptic to be understood … Continue reading →

Posted in Kindle, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Old Author October, Owen Burns, Paul Halter | 8 Comments

The Gallows Murders by Paul Doherty

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

The summer of 1523, and London is ravaged by sickness. As Roger Shallot expands his career into the dubious medicine business, King Henry VIII retires to Windsor, only to begin receiving threatening demands. Letters have been received questioning Henry’s right … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Kindle, Michael Clynes, Old Author October, Paul Doherty, Roger Shallot | 5 Comments

The Treason Of The Ghosts by Paul Doherty

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

Five years previously, the village of Melford was plagued by a terrible killer, violating and murdering a string of young women. Sir Roger Chapeleys was tried, convicted and executed of the crimes and peace reigned once more… for a while. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Hugh Corbett, Kindle, Old Author October, Paul Doherty | 6 Comments

The Devil’s Domain by Paul Doherty

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Finally, the last of my holiday reading and it’s another from my favourite series of historical mysteries, those featuring Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston, coroner of London, in the early years of the reign of Richard II. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Brother Athelstan, Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Kindle, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Paul Doherty | 3 Comments

The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Too many books, too little time – and too much Olympics to watch – and I really need to catch up on these reviews, and so the next few reviews will be briefer than most. Schongau, Germany, 1659. Children have … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Kindle, Oliver Potzsch | 3 Comments