Posts tagged with ‘Historical Fiction’
June 16, 2011
SPRAWLING BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL centers on gentleman gambler, gunslinger Doc Holliday; Wyatt Earp steals the book.
Grade: SOLID B
DOC
Random House
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews, United States, Westerns
May 27, 2011
THE BEST MAISIE DOBBS mystery yet finds the English sleuth facing the fallout of 1932’s international tensions.
Grade: B PLUS
A LESSON IN SECRETS: A MAISIE DOBBS MYSTERY
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
April 15, 2011
ENJOYABLE EDWARDIAN WHODUNNIT features an aristocratic detective, a dead foxhunting Earl, and a juicy mystery.
Grade: SOLID B
DEATH IN A SCARLET COAT
Soho/Constable
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
April 12, 2011
GRAND TUDOR EPIC is also a tightly plotted mystery/thriller, and sheer page-turning delight for history buffs!
Grade: B PLUS
HEARTSTONE
Viking
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
March 29, 2011
LUMINOUS MEDITATION on love and loss, war and peace, traces friendship of a Mauritian boy and a Holocaust exile.
Grade: B PLUS
The Last Brother
Graywolf Press
2010
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, French Writers, Historical Fiction, Novels, Writers of Color
March 28, 2011
THE PAST IS PRESENT in an atmospheric mystery featuring an English detective literally haunted by World War I.
Grade: SOLID B
A LONELY DEATH
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
March 25, 2011
THE GREAT AMERICAN Opera Novel is sprawling, sensual, erudite, campy, and not for everyone–just like opera!
Grade: B PLUS
THE METROPOLIS CASE
Crown
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Interest, Music, New York City, Novels
March 22, 2011
YEE-HAW! THE HOLMES on the Range boys vs. rival detectives at Chicago’s 1893 Exposition. Lots of thrills here!
Grade: A MINUS
WORLD'S GREATEST SLEUTH! A HOLMES ON THE RANGE MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
March 19, 2011
ROLLICKING HISTORICAL MYSTERY adds a salty madam of a heroine to the usual Victorian intrigue.
Grade: SOLID B
INDIA BLACK
Penguin/Berkley
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
March 2, 2011
TUDOR COURT INTRIGUE swirls as a conflicted young hero makes his way in the world. Nothing new here, but fun!
Grade: B PLUS
THE TUDOR SECRET
St. Martin's/Griffin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels