This book is excellent! When I first started reading it, I thought it'd be a difficult one to get through: but naye, naye! In spite of Emerson's attempts to keep the English "old" (with me constantly reaching for the dictionary), she manages to keep the suspense high enough for you to desperately...
I am really enjoying this series of murder mysteries that take place during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.In April 1563, Susanna and her husband, Sir Robert Appleton, courtier and occasional spy for Queen Elizabeth, are residing in London at Sir Robert's insistence, though Susanna would be much ...
Reporter Diana Spaulding leaves for Denver after hearing that her mother has been accused of murdering her gold-baron father in this wry historical novel. Upon arriving in the Mile-High City, Spaulding must brave opium dens, snooty Denver society, and a crafty murderer to save her mother—all agai...
In 1888, the murder of two female journalists in the New York City prompts newly widowed journalist Diana Spaulding to investigate the handsome horror author Damon Bathory in this historical mystery. Although her growing affection for Bathory makes her increasingly reluctant to pursue him, Spauld...
Lucas stopped beneath the portico outside the front entrance of the Sinclair House to brush moisture from his coat and glower at the precipitation. Sleet meant slippery roads and an atmosphere of doom and gloom. Bad for skiing. Bad for tourism. Bad for the Sinclair House. Perfect weather for ghos...
Pastor Riker intoned. “Amen!” chorused his congregation. The interior of the church would have been stuffy with the windows closed, but opening them allowed insects to swarm in. Sticky curls of arsenic paper suspended above Diana’s head did little to reduce the annoyance. She noticed an audible h...
She wanted to look away but couldn’t. Her stomach clenched and she gulped in air, imagining what it must be like to be trapped underwater, struggling to breathe. As she watched, beset by a terrible sense of helplessness, the swimmers finally reached the boat. With what seemed to be excruciating s...