Category: Historical Mystery
Murder in Mayfair by D.M. Quincy
Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies D.M. Quincy’s Murder in Mayfair is the first in a series of Regency Era historical mysteries featuring gentleman traveller, Atlas Catesby. The blurb and some reviewers have suggested it will appeal to fans of Georgette…
Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South
Narrated by Joel Froomkin This fifth John Pickett mystery is a bit of a departure from the other books in the series in that our hero spends a rather large part of it unconscious, leaving his lady-love, Lady Julia Fieldhurst…
Dinner Most Deadly by Sheri Cobb South
Narrated by Joel Froomkin Note: This review contains spoilers for earlier books in the series. Sheri Cobb South’s series of historical mysteries featuring the charming young Bow Street Runner John Pickett continues apace with the fourth full-length novel in the…
Family Plot by Sheri Cobb South
Narrated by Joel Froomkin Family Plot is book three of Sheri Cobb South’s series of historical mysteries featuring Bow Street Runner John Pickett, a sharply intelligent and quietly charming young man who was rescued from a life of crime by…
Think of England by K.J. Charles
Narrated by Tom Carter I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Think of England ever since I learned that Audible Studios was going to be releasing a number of K.J. Charles’ backlist titles in audio. It’s one of my favourite…
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
Narrated by Kate Reading This second book in Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series is one of my most awaited releases of this year, and it fulfilled all my expectations. A Conspiracy in Belgravia picks up the day after the previous…
A Strange Scottish Shore by Juliana Gray
Narrated by Gemma Massot Why do audio publishers employ inexperienced narrators to work on major releases by big-name authors? I know everyone has to start somewhere, which is why I make a point of picking up audios using first time…
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
Narrated by Steve West I’ll confess straight off that I’m not what I’d call a Sherlock Holmes “aficionado”. I’ve read some of the books and stories, and have enjoyed his various celluloid iterations, from Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing to…
An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles
Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies An Unnatural Vice is the second book in K.J. Charles’ Sins of the Cities series, a trilogy set in late Victorian London which revolves around the search for the missing heir to an earldom. Each…