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Giveaway and Review of Seduction by MJ Rose

M.J. Rose’s Seduction moves between the haunted world of Victor Hugo in 1855 on the Isle of Jersey after the death of his daughter and the equally problematic life of Rose’s modern heroine, Jac L’Etoile, a mythologist and innately talented perfumer with a tragic past.

First Meeting of AZ Historical Novel Society Great Success!

About 40 people interested in historical fiction gathered at my house on June 8th to inaugurate the Arizona chapter of the Historical Novel Society. Our next meeting will be on July 27th at 4:00.

Review of A Death in the Small Hours by Charles Finch

Charles Lenox is back in another of this extended series of gentle, Victorian era mysteries. Love in many forms turns up in unlikely places as the evil crimes are committed and solved. Finch uses this counterpoint thematically and it gives the book a benign lightness despite some grim moments.

A Literary Evening with Three Wise and Witty Women Writers

In the Phoenix Metro Area: A Literary Evening on April 27th with Three Wise and Witty Women Writers: Donis Casey, Elizabeth Gunn, and Susan Cummins Miller Join us for an informal guided conversation, books to buy, good food and wine. RSVP to get directions/details: judithstarkston@gmail.com About the three mystery writers: Donis Casey Donis writes the Alafair Tucker series of historical mysteries set primarily in Oklahoma for the Poisoned Pen Press. Her sixth title in the series, The Wrong Hill to Die On, moves Alafair temporarily to Tempe in 1916. Alafair is a mother of ten running a farm with her… Read More »A Literary Evening with Three Wise and Witty Women Writers

Review of Helen of Troy by Margaret George

George starts with Helen as a small girl and takes her all the way through the Trojan War, back to Sparta and beyond. The most compelling things about Helen of Troy, besides the abundance of detail of daily life and war in ancient times, are George’s character portrayals.