Deanna Raybourn

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(…)

Best of 2010 Jayne

In no particular order: A Murderous Procession – Ariana Franklin Something About You – Julie James Quarterback Daddy – Linda Barrett A Rather Charming Invitation – CA Belmond Scarlett Fever – Maureen Johnson The Night of Long Knives – Rebecca Cantrell Suddenly a Bride – Kasey Michaels Marrying the Royal Marine – Carla Kelly Unspeakable(…)

DA Recommends for October

DA Recommends for October

Here is our October recommends for the month. The Iron Duke is the big recommended book here at Dear Author. Robin, Janine (review), Shuzluva (review) and I all think it is a B+/A book. Others you might want to check out include (reviews will be forthcoming): Recommended by Jayne: Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna(…)

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.(…)

Dear Author Recommends for March

Dear Author Recommends for March

Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh. Twenty-eight year old Elena Deveraux is a vampire hunter. Gifted with acute senses, and, in another sense of the word, with weapons, Elena belongs to the Guild, an organization through which she is contracted to hunt wayward vampires and return them to their masters. The vampires’ masters are the angels(…)

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(…)