Category Archives: mystery

March 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (galley) – I have known the author online for many years, though we’ve only met in person a few times, briefly. I loved this. Straight up loved it. And since now it’s been … Continue reading →

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February 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Marketplace (Book One of The Marketplace Series) by Laura Antoniou – this was a freebie of a well-known book about dominance and submission. I’d read it back when it came out, but didn’t remember much. Anyway, Submission is … Continue reading →

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Previews Catchup

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Victoria Janssen

While my blog was down, I had several novel previews go live. Fresh Meat: Death Comes to the Village by Catherine Lloyd. A Regency-set historical mystery I enjoyed quite a bit. Fresh Meat: Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall, Paranormal … Continue reading →

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Roundup of Recent Guest Posts

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

More book-preview posts. I’ve been introduced to a lot of new authors this way! Angel With A Bullet by M.C. Grant. A lighthearted noir mystery. Yes, I meant to use both adjectives! Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan. A Young Adult … Continue reading →

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A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd – WWI Challenge

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My April book for the The WWI Challenge was A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, a mystery novel set (mostly) in England while the war was still going on. Heroine Bess Crawford is the daughter of a colonel … Continue reading →

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A few mystery novel previews

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve had a few more previews of new mystery novels up at The Criminal Element recently. Fresh Meat: The Traitor in the Tunnel by Y.S. Lee – a young adult spy novel featuring a female spy. Fresh Meat: Nine for … Continue reading →

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WWI-era Mysteries?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’m attempting to compile a list of mystery series that are set during World War One or shortly afterwards (say, through the 1920s) that refer back to the war or the resulting social changes. I am looking for suggestions! Doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Nairobi Heat by Mukoma wa Ngugi

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s first novel, Nairobi Heat, involves themes including African Americans in their relationship to Africans as well as outcomes of the Rwandan genocide, both for those who suffered and those who viewed from afar. The themes of the … Continue reading →

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Dandy Gilver post

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I had a new post up at The Criminal Element yesterday, on Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains, fifth in a series of historical mysteries I’d like to read from the beginning.

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Women of the Mean Streets and Hottest Villains

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

In case you missed them, my guest posts from last week: at Heroes and Heartbreakers about the Top 5 Villains I Wish Were Heroes; and at The Criminal Element, Fresh Meat: Women of the Mean Streets, an anthology of lesbian … Continue reading →

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