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May 18, 2021

REVIEW: A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / criminal / family relationships / First-Person / Historical / London / opposites / Thriller/Suspense / World War II4 Comments

The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England during World War II, A Peculiar Combination is a delightful mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and the author’s signature wit. Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their ... more >

May 11, 2020

REVIEW: The Yeggman’s Apprentice by CK Crigger

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / criminal / Montana / mystery/thriller / road trip / turn of the 20th century / westernComments Off on REVIEW: The Yeggman’s Apprentice by CK Crigger

IT’S 1905 IN BUTTE, MONTANA AND SPARKS ARE FLYING A fearless safecracking heroine and a hero who’s a wanted man team up to stop a law firm full of embezzlers. But there’s a problem…a hired killer will chase them all the way across Montana to shut them up. The goal ... more >

November 1, 2019

REVIEW: The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter (Lilywhite Boys) by KJ Charles

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsasexual character / criminal / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQIAP+ / novella / thief / transgender2 Comments

Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There’s no way out. But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched her sing for a year ... more >

June 7, 2015

REVIEW: Pickpocket’s Apprentice by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscriminal / England / Historical / law-enforcement / novella / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: Pickpocket’s Apprentice by Sheri Cobb South

When magistrate Patrick Colquhoun orders a habitual thief transported to Botany Bay, he doesn’t realize a fourteen-year-old boy has been left behind—not until young John Pickett is hauled into Bow Street for stealing an apple. Colquhoun arranges a job for John hauling coal, where John promptly falls in love with ... more >

May 2, 2015

REVIEW: The Memory House by Linda Goodnight

JayneB- Reviews19th century / child in jeopardy / Civil-War / Contemporary / criminal / dual-timeline3 Comments

Memories of motherhood and marriage are fresh for Julia Presley—though tragedy took away both years ago. Finding comfort in the routine of running the Peach Orchard Inn, she lets the historic, mysterious place fill the voids of love and family. No more pleasure of a man’s gentle kiss. No more ... more >

March 6, 2015

REVIEW: My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp

JayneB- Reviewsalcoholism / class-difference / college/university / criminal / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp

An Appalachian summer walks the line between toxic and intoxicating in this debut novel about first loves, broken hearts, and moonshine. Luisa “Lulu” Mendez has just finished her final year of high school in a small Virginia town, determined to move on and leave her job at the local junkyard ... more >

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