A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn is the newest novel in the Veronica Speedwell historical mystery series, and this time around Veronica questions whether vampires exist when the body of entitled young man is found entirely drained of blood in a carriage next to Highgate Cemetery. Another engaging mystery with Veronica and Stoker!
I adore Simone St. James’ blend of mystery, history, and the supernatural, so I’ve been working my way through her backlist. The Other Side of Midnight takes us to 1920 London and into the world of mediums as Ellie Winter searches for answers in the mysterious death of the glamorous medium Gloria Sutter.
I love Kelley Armstrong’s A Rip Through Time series featuring twenty-first-century detective Mallory who finds found in 1869 Edinburgh, in the body of Catriona Mitchell, a housemaid working for Dr. Duncan Gray, a pioneer in forensic science. Kirkyard & Kindness is a novella in the series and just the thing to hold me over until the next full-length novel in the series.
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey delivers a coming of age mystery that takes place in 1979 to 1980s in Yorkshire, England during the time of the Yorkshire Ripper murders that gripped the community with fear until the suspect was apprehended.
In A Moveable Feast, Kat Holloway’s employer abruptly moves Easter dinner to her friend’s house when their cook becomes ill…but something is afoot and Kate is determined to discover what is happening.
