Deanna Raybourn

Giveaway for A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

Giveaway for A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

This giveaway is for the Dear Author Recommended Read “A Spear of Summer Grass” by Deanna Raybourn. About A Spear of Summer Grass New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julie Grey series enters a new era with A Spear of Summer Grass. Paris, 1923 The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is(…)

REVIEW:  A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

Paris, 1923 The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is already notorious, even amongst Paris society. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather’s savannah manor house until gossip subsides. Fairlight is the crumbling, sun-bleached skeleton of a faded(…)

REVIEW:  Silent Night: A Lady Julia Christmas Novella by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: Silent Night: A Lady Julia Christmas Novella by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Ms. Raybourn: While waiting for the next “Lady Julia” mystery novel, I noticed that this little novella is on offer for the Christmas season. It’s not long, it’s not complicated and it’s not that different from any other Lady Julia story. If readers like this world and it’s people, it should be a nice(…)

REVIEW: The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Ms. Raybourn, By now the Lady Julia Grey series is well known among fans of historical mysteries. And it’s also had time for flaws to emerge from it. I doubt any long running series is immune from this. The initial bloom is off the rose so to speak. You also have to balance a(…)

REVIEW: Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Ms. Raybourn, After my less than happy experience with your stand alone Gothic book, I was very pleased to see that there would be another Lady Julia Grey – or should we rename it now – book. And what an evocative title it has – “Dark Road to Darjeeling.” It conjures up all kinds(…)

REVIEW: The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Ms Raybourn, You created a splash in the subgenre of historical mysteries with the “Silent” series and now move on to something a bit different. The era is still Victorian but the place is the depths of Transylvania where the strange is normal and things are believed which defy the imagination of other countries.(…)

REVIEW: Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Ms. Raybourn, After reading the second book in the Lady Julia Grey mystery series last year (I’ve since bought but still not read book one) and quickly learning that there was to be a third book, I was eagerly anticipating it. And bless you, you didn’t let me down when I pulled out our(…)

REVIEW:  Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

REVIEW: Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

Dear Mrs. Raybourn, I remember when historical mysteries first started to become really popular. Then after that it seems that every possible time period and social class of historical sleuth got turned into some author’s hero or heroine. And I got a little bored with the genre and annoyed at thinking about Queen Elizabeth, Jane(…)