Book Review The Amalfi Curse by Sarah PennerFantasy | Historical Fiction | Fiction | Magical Realism From the bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary comes another historical dual-timeline novel featuring powerful women, an incredible setting, and a dash of magic. When Harper Collins Canada reached out to see if I’d be interested in an advance […]
Book Review The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourMemoir | WWII | Non-Fiction From 1941 to 1944, four hundred and seventy SOE agents were sent to France to participate in clandestine work such as sabotage, espionage, and reconnaissance. Approximately forty of those agents were female, one of whom was Pippa Latour. Having kept her WWII
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Book Review The Potting Shed Murder by Paula SuttonCozy Mystery When it comes to cozy mysteries, there is no setting better suited than that of an English village in the country. In the first of a new series by Paula Sutton, The Potting Shed Murder gives us all the quintessential elements of the genre with
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Book Review Detective Aunty by Uzma JalaluddinMystery | Cozy When Kausar Khan’s daughter Sana calls to say she’s been arrested for murder, Kausar packs her bags and heads to Toronto for the first time in twenty years. A widow with a keen eye for observation and sharp intuition skills, Kausar is determined to help her
Book Review The Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictMystery | Historical Fiction Agatha Christie has long been one of my favourite authors. Her work evokes memories of my teen years, borrowing paperbacks from my mom’s Christie collection and trying to piece together “whodunnit” before Poirot or Miss Marple do. So, when I heard about Marie
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Book Review The Dark Library by Mary Anna EvansMystery | Historical Fiction | Gothic Secrets are rampant in the small town of Bentham-on-Hudson, but perhaps nowhere more so than Estella Ecker’s childhood home, Rockfall House. Returning home and taking up a teaching position at the local college, Estella searches for answers to her mother’s mysterious
Book Review Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando MurrinCozy Mystery | Food When it comes to cozy mysteries, food-based stories are one of my favourite themes. And this debut mystery from Orlando Murrin makes it clear that the author knows his way around a kitchen! Knife Skills for Beginners features a grieving chef, Paul Delamere,
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Book Review The Collaborators by Michael IdovThriller | Espionage | Mystery CIA agent, Arie Falk, is already struggling with the morality of what he does. So, when his best asset winds up dead, Arie finds himself cris-crossing the globe in search of accountability, regardless of the personal cost… The Collaborators is a twisty and exciting
Book Review Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia KellyMystery | Historical Fiction | WWII After the first book in this series (A Traitor in Whitehall) hit my top ten favorite reads last year, Betrayal at Blackthorn Park quickly became one of my most-anticipated reads of 2024. So when the publisher reached out to let me
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Book Review The Specimen by Jaima FixsenHistorical Fiction | Mystery Amongst Dr. Burnett’s collection of oddities and medical specimens sits a heart in a jar. To anyone else, this juvenile heart with its damaged mitral valve would simply be another exhibit to gawk at. But for Isabel Tait, a woman whose son has been missing
