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Doing a rough count of my 2020 reading journal, I read a little over 200 books last year. I also started but DNF a number of books that I didn’t count in that total. So … I read a lot. There are many B+ grade books that for various reasons ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / historical paranormal / London / novella / Regency / Retelling2 Comments
Having resigned his position at Bow Street, John Pickett waits in vain for someone—anyone!—to engage his services as a private inquiry agent. As weeks go by with no responses to his newspaper advertisement, he has taken to spending his days wandering idly about London rather than admit his failure to ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass-difference / England / family relationships / Historical / London / mystery / Regency6 Comments
When one of his colleagues witnesses a robbery in which one of the participants, a child, bears a striking resemblance to a certain Bow Street Runner, John Pickett realizes he has a young half-brother who has been “apprenticed” to a criminal gang. The brutal murder of the pursuing constable makes ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / England / Historical / Ireland / mystery / Regency / revenge3 Comments
Now you see her… Still haunted by memories of his last case, in which an innocent woman was accidentally killed, Bow Street Runner John Pickett welcomes the challenge of a new assignment in the West Country. Unfortunately, this time he’ll have to leave his beloved wife, Julia, behind, as he’ll ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCommoner Aristocracy pairing / England / Historical / Regency / Weaver series / working class4 Comments
A duke in disguise . . . a damsel in distress . . . a match made in—Manchester? When 23-year-old Theodore Radney becomes the Duke of Reddington after his father dies, the weight of his new responsibilities is enough to send him into a panic. Theo soon accumulates a pile ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / class differences / England / murder mystery / Regency1 Comments
Honeymoon from Hades . . . The eighth book in the series finds John Pickett bound for England’s scenic Lake District, where an unsigned letter has summoned him for an unspecified reason. Posing as a honeymoon couple, Pickett and his wife Julia, the former Lady Fieldhurst, take a room at ... more >