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The Burning Grounds

The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Book 6 of 6) Not an Indian Cozy Between Detective Sam Wyndham’s opium addiction and the grim depiction of British/ Indian relations in 1920’s […]

A Murder in Springtime

A Murder in Springtime by Martin Walker Francophiles Rejoice A former international journalist, Martin Walker has written a zillion intelligent police procedurals featuring Bruno Courrèges, Chief of Police in the […]

Miss Buncle Married

Miss Buncle Married by DE Stevenson ©1936 English Village Romance Sequels are often disappointing, but Miss Buncle Married is as charming as the previous novel, Miss Buncle’s Book, although it […]

The Impossible Thing

The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer Acquisitive men of leisure in the early 20th C had collections– of stamps, coins, Dutch landscapes, or  more unusually, wild birds’ eggs.  Some of […]

Miss Benson’s Beetle

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce (NCN Book Club Selection June 2026) Spinster Margery Benson is barely getting by on her salary as a school teacher in post-war London. One […]

Miss Buncle’s Book

Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson ©1934 (Recently, I ordered several books from my favorite British bookseller and publisher, Persephone Books, founded in 1999 to reprint neglected, mainly mid-twentieth century, […]

A Perfect Hand

A Perfect Hand by Ayelet Waldman Unlike most historical romances, the heroine of A Perfect Hand is not a member of the aristocracy but a lady’s maid, Miss Alice Lockey. […]

Villa Coco

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer Geoffrey is a clueless young American who accepts a post as an archivist in Italy. As he is patently unqualified and doesn’t speak Italian, […]

The Correspondent

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans I read this book a few months ago. I liked it but honestly can’t remember a thing about it! Which says it all–pleasant but not […]

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