Tag: Mystery
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Book Review: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publisher’s synopsis The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of twelve short stories by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, is considered a milestone in the genre of detective fiction. With Sherlock Holmes’s clever disguises and ability to solve even the most elusive mysteries, as well as Holmes’s loyal friend and…
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Book Review: The Electrical Menagerie
by Mollie E. Reeder publisher’s synopsis The Electrical Menagerie, one-of-a-kind robotic roadshow, is bankrupt. Sylvester Carthage, illusionist and engineer, has the eccentric imagination the Menagerie needs to succeed creatively — but none of the people skills. Fast-talking Arbrook Huxley, meanwhile, has all the savvy the Menagerie needs to succeed commercially — but none of the…
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Book Review: In Myrtle Peril
by Elizabeth C. Bunce publisher’s synopsis When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked to help prove—or disprove—the girl’s identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to be lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr.…
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Book Review: Yours, Constance
by Emily Hayse publisher’s synopsis “The folk of Faerie are not all kind….” In the days of yore, it is said, Faerie-beasts walked in the world of men, waiting to carry away the innocent and unprotected. And no one is more innocent than Ella Whittington, sixteen years old and suddenly possessed of a dazzling fortune.…
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Book Review: Cold-Blooded Myrtle
by Elizabeth C. Bunce publisher’s synopsis Twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle returns, and now she’s on the trail of a serial killer in her hometown of Swinburne. When Mr. Leighton, proprietor of Leighton’s Mercantile, is found dead on the evening his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, it’s…
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Book Review: Pride and Premeditation
by Tirzah Price publisher’s synopsis When a scandalous murder shocks London high society, seventeen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seizes the opportunity to prove herself, despite the interference of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious firm Pemberley Associates. Convinced the authorities have imprisoned the wrong person, Lizzie vows to solve the murder…
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Book Review: How to Get Away with Myrtle
by Elizabeth C. Bunce Myrtle Hardcastle solved the murder of her neighbor. The last thing she wants to do now is going on is take a seaside vacation with her Aunt Helena. However, Myrtle has no say in the matter, and so she, Aunt Helena, and Miss Judson board a private train headed to the…
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Book Review: Premediated Myrtle
by Elizabeth C. Bunce Myrtle Hardcastle is considered an unusual child by most adults. Being fascinated with science, police investigations, toxicology, and other things considering unfitting of ladies of quality will do that. When Myrtle’s neighbor suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances, Myrtle instantly assumes that some sort of foul play is afoot. And who better…
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Book Review: A Pocket Full of Murder
by R. J. Anderson Life may be challenging for Isaveth Breck, but it’s not too difficult. Yes, her family is shunned because of their beliefs and her father struggles to find work as a result, but they all have each other and they make do. However, Isaveth’s world is tipped upside-down when her father is…
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Book Review: Detectives in Togas
by Henry Winterfeld True, Rufus wrote “Caius is a dumbbell” on his school tablet, leading to a fight between him and Caius and being expelled from the Xanthos School. But would he really have written the exact same thing on the Temple of Minerva? But all of the facts seem to be pointing to Rufus,…
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