Monthly Archives: February 2025

Murder on Sister’s Row ~ by Victoria Thompson

Posted on February 17, 2025 by beckylindroos

This is #13 in the Gaslight Mystery series which I’m reading my way through nice and slowly, enjoying myself.  This series has some excellent historical fiction with a very light touch of romance.  I don’t know about Thompson’s other books … Continue reading →

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Call for the Dead ~ by John le Carre

Posted on February 14, 2025 by beckylindroos

Remember when typewriter print was as regularly examined and written about in crime stories as fingerprints are today?  Yes, well his first book, Call for the Dead, first published  in 1961,by John Le Carre, took me back.   Call for the DeadBy … Continue reading →

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Paris in Ruins:

Posted on February 13, 2025 by beckylindroos

I  did it – I finished this book in spite of the fact I would nod off and have to reread big chunks; in spite of the fact that after Part 1 I had very little background; in spite of … Continue reading →

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