NGAIO MARSH
Discovering a new (at least to me) mystery author always excites me, especially one who writes the classical English style of detective novel. Such a find is Ngaio (pronounced Nye-oh)…
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
Orator, poet, playwright, manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, and even advisor to the Prince of Wales, Richard Brinsley Sheridan is remembered for comedies that have been revived again and…
STEPHANIE WROBEL
When I began to read Darling Rose Gold, I anticipated a dark tale that would leave me wishing I had not. But from the first page, I found its portrayal…
The Test of Time
Some, these days, seem to think a book that did not come out last week is not worth reading. But serious readers know better. The Castle of Otranto, published in…
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Henry David Thoreau. Virtually everyone has heard of him and his book Walden. But how many have read it? And how many have read his influential treatise Civil Disobedience? I…
Triple Treats
A Night in Paradise by Heather Graham is full of laugh-out-loud moments about a pair of octogenarians who meet in a convalescent home and decide to marry. One mistaken assumption…
WILLIAM MORRIS
News From Nowhere And Other Writings tells a whimsical tale of time travel from the 19th century to an unspecified future England in which people live without money, without government,…
DONNA GRANT
Donna Grant's Dark Sword series features steamy paranormal historical novels of the fight between good and evil as waged by Druids versus droughs (mages who give themselves to the devil)…
Vladimir Megré
The Ringing Cedars series of nine books has taken the world by a quiet storm that started in Russia and gradually swept across the planet as translations became available. Some…
Rita Mae Brown
Not many writers have a four-pawed collaborator, in this case "Sneaky Pie Brown," helping them to tell a story. But Rita Mae Brown boasts such a sidekick. In the Mystery…
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