Jake is, for lack of a better word, complicated. He’s a werewolf, and after the recent death of a certain Berliner, he’s the last werewolf. Unable to cure himself or turn anyone else, Jake has spent the last 200 years on the run from various organizations who seem to have an inordinate interest in killing…
Tag: mystery/thriller
Review: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
The French Revolution was an interesting time period, with long-lasting and far-reaching political and historical implications. But this is not these things that interest American historian Eloise Kelly — and actually, it’s not a what that captures her attention, but a who. Three of them, to be precise. The Scarlet Pimpernel. The Purple Gentian. The…
Review: Graveminder
Rebekkah Barrow has a complicated history with the town of Claysville. Her sister died there, as did her stepfather. And then there’s Byron Montgomery, the boy she shouldn’t have loved, but did. The only truly happy memories she has of Claysville is of visiting her grandmother, Maylene, and the time they spent together. An outsider…
Review: The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
No one will deny that it takes a criminal mastermind to break into the Bank of England — special indeed must be the person who can break into the supposedly impenetrable vaults, where the wealthiest and most powerful English families (including Queen Victoria) keep their valuables. So when someone accomplishes the impossible, it’s cause for…
Review: The Corinthian, by Georgette Heyer
As I’ve mentioned before, Georgette Heyer wrote a lot of books. So far I’ve enjoyed her Regency novels much more than her mysteries, but that doesn’t narrow the scope by much — it still leaves me with 38 books from which to choose. Fortunately a couple of my readers are just as in love with…