B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralian / British / friendship / medium / non-fiction / prison / prisoner of war / psychology / science / spiritualism / Turkey / War / Military / World War I2 Comments
The astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 19th century / class differences / classic literature / Deception / fathers and daughters / First-Person / gambling / Historical / Russia / Russian literature / War / Military3 Comments
A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / anti-Semitism / France / Historical / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Peninsular-War / prejudice / Regency / road trip / second chance at love / strong heroine / trad regency11 Comments
Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson opts to travel the Continent assisting her physician uncle, but when her uncle dies, she finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon’s France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive young men, both of whom detest her—and each other. ... more >
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Once bitten. Twice burned. Forever bonded. Don’t miss this riveting and romantic spin-off series from Jenn Burke, author of Not Dead Yet. Paranormals are dying. All over the city, with no explanation and only one thing in common: their magic is missing. Vampire and private investigator Evan Fournier isn’t supposed ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsA Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / Agent/Spies/Undercover / amateur sleuths / class differences / colonialism / dysfunctional family / female friendship / London / matchmakers / mystery / POC / Post WWII5 Comments
In Allison Monclair’s A Rogue’s Company, business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear. In London, 1946, the Right Sort Marriage Bureau is ... more >
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From the author of All That Remains, a tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal. In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of ... more >