Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March

A unique setting and a well-written plot are always welcome. This book is slightly on the longer side, and the central mystery may seem to meander before reaching its conclusion.The location is India in 1892, divided in one way under the British rule and in another, under its complete influence. It begins with a recovering…

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones By Daven McQueen

Due to multiple reasons I have been off the blog for a while. Hopefully I will kickstart the process again. So much so, my Nonfiction November stands at only a post for the first week and I might just be making one for the last! This was a fascinating book to encounter. I do not…

Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna

I read and reviewed the first book earlier on the blog. I mentioned in the first review that this series held promise. It is a rare occasion when I can happily admit my prediction came true. This second instalment is a much better work than its predecessor. The writing was smooth and flowing, with emotions…

The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams

This book is still available to request on NetGalley as of the writing of this post I requested this book because I thought the idea of playing on words sounded intriguing. Once I started it, I realised I did not have the patience to note the subtle undertones of the words being discussed, both the…

A Dangerous Language (#8) & A Testament of Character (#10) – A Rowland Sinclair Mystery by Sulari Gentill

I have read a few books out of order of this series, but each of them wanting to meet these people again My reviews are linked below: For once I picked up where I had left off in this series. I read the previous book and knew the mental state of everyone involved. After a…

The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife by Liese Sherwood-Fabre

I am probably not the only one who has was watched the recent movie Enola Holmes and not liked the depiction of Mycroft Holmes. I have not read the books that the film is based on, but I strongly recollect the few cases of Mycroft's arrival in the original series, and this was not how…

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry

I honestly say this often, but this time I mean it in a whole other sense when I say – I did not know what I was getting myself into. It is an epic tale, a retelling of the French revolution and other European disturbances at the time including slavery. The difference? The existence of…

The Road to Delano by John DeSimone

Once again, after almost a week, I am back online on the blog. 2020 is starting to show its true colours for me as well. I have not been this inconsistent since I started blogging. One ray of sunshine is that I have been reading/listening and the rhythm there has picked up significantly enough to…