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July 4, 2022

REVIEW: Loyal in All by Mary Burchell

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / Budapest / doctor hero / family relationships / Historical / Hungarian Uprising / Hungary / nurse4 Comments

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A thrilling medical romance set in 1950s Hungary! As Budapest crumbles, Marika’s heart is being torn in two… Budapest, 1956 Bruised from her unrequited love for journalist Rodney Dering, dedicated nurse Marika Stevens is tasked with caring for a Hungarian child in Budapest. She quickly falls in love with the ... more >

April 5, 2022

REVIEW: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / 1960s / American historical / chemistry / dog / family relationships / found family / Historical / Misogyny / mothers and daughters / omniscient voice / rowing / science / Scientist / single mother / strong heroine / Womens-Fiction14 Comments

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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except ... more >

March 3, 2022

REVIEW: The Bait by C.W. Gortner and M.J. Rose

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / Business woman / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / police procedural / present tense / revenge / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series / VeniceComments Off on REVIEW: The Bait by C.W. Gortner and M.J. Rose

Revenge is a diamond best served cold. A year after THE STEAL, Ania Thorne is determined to take back what the Leopard stole from her. Together with her lover and partner, Jerome, she stages a spectacular heist during the Venetian Carnival, to lure out the treacherous mastermind they unmasked. She’s ... more >

August 18, 2021

Review : In the Best Families (Nero Wolfe, #17) by Rex Stout

SiriusA Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / mystery / private investigators13 Comments

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Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself. Review: Warning : murder of the dog Dear readers, I am a big ... more >

August 12, 2021

REVIEW: The Steal by M.J. Rose and C.W. Gortner

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / Business woman / class differences / First-Person / France / Historical / investigation / opposites attract / present tense / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series10 Comments

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend—until they’re stolen. Ania Thorne is devoted to her jewelry company. The daughter of one of the world’s most famous jewelers, she arrives in Cannes with a stunning new collection. But a shocking theft by the notorious thief known as the Leopard throws ... more >

April 2, 2021

REVIEW: The Frenchman and the Lady: (Enter: Mrs. Belchamber ) by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / England / family relationships / older woman / rural setting7 Comments

Mrs. Belchamber was not invited but Mrs. Belchamber came to stay. The changes she introduced into Scotty’s topsy-turvy Kentish farmhouse were past belief. But though Christopher could not help feeling some concern that he had landed on his friend a woman of character as well as three lively French children, ... more >

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