B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / family relationships / female detectives / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / historical mystery / murder mystery / murder-investigation / organized crime / Private-investigator6 Comments
In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it’s time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands — in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, A Comedy of ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / fantasy/scifi / gender fluidity / KeyForge / LGBTQIA+ / mystery / non binary / Private-investigator / Science Fiction2 Comments
Alien detectives stumble across a mystery that could tear apart their patchwork planet, the Crucible, in this riotous science fantasy novel from the smash hit game, KeyForge Wibble & Pplimz, the Crucible’s most unusual private investigators, must set off from their office in Hub City to clear the name of ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / LGBTQIA+ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Private-investigator / romantic / Small Town Romance3 Comments
The following review contains spoilers for some of the books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you are interested in reading the book and want to avoid spoilers, avoid this page and visit my review of book one, Pretty Pretty Boys. Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, This ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / family relationships / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / forgery / Historical / murder mystery / murder-investigation / police procedural / Private-investigator / Rape2 Comments
In the sacred grove of Julius Caesar, something deadly stirs in the undergrowth—a serial killer, who haunted the gardens for years, has claimed another victim— At the feet of her adoptive father, renowned private informer Marcus Didius Falco, Flavia Albia learned a number of important rules. First and foremost—always keep ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / Contemporary romance / Private-investigator / Secret-Baby / women's shelter8 Comments
Dear Molly O’Keefe: I think I got this as a freebie somewhere, though I’m not sure where – maybe Daily Deals? Anyway, it was on my Kindle for a bit before I started it. I’ve read four Molly O’Keefe books (all part of the same series, under the M. O’Keefe ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsancient-Rome / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / murder mystery / murder-investigation / Private-investigatorNo Comments
In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of investigation—a politically charged murder—in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, A Capitol Death. A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum in the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome. ... more >