They didn't have titles, but they were nobles nonetheless, and I am so happy to be writing them. The world was made smaller by those men and women who worked the London Docklands. London was built by men and women like those who lived and worked in Covent Garden. But truthfully, in the last few years, I've become more and more interested in writing the people who build worlds rather than the ones who simply live in them. I've written a number of books in more traditional historical romance settings- ballrooms, country houses, men's clubs-so I won't discount the pleasure of writing a completely different world (though ballrooms have their place in this series, as well!). Why did you choose to set this series in Covent Garden and on the London docks? MacLean lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her family. But then she meets Whit, the beautiful man known as the Beast of Covent Garden, and all her plans go out the window. In Brazen and the Beast (Avon reviewed below), the latest by Washington Post columnist and historical romance author Sara MacLean, Lady Henrietta Sedley has declared herself fed up and finished with London's marriage mart.
Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm It's nearly impossible not to find oneself falling in love with the small village of Three Pines and its quirky inhabitants.Īusma Zehanat Khan's mysteries are also set in Canada, though they are far from "cozy" mysteries as Inspectors Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak, first introduced in The Unquiet Dead (Minotaur, $18.99), investigate murders and disappearances, Khan explores the long-fingered effects of worldwide political crises (such as anti-Muslim hate groups and the Syrian refugee crisis, to name a few). Set in a tiny town in Quebec, the series, beginning with Still Life (Minotaur, $17.99), is one-part cozy whodunit and one-part study of human nature.
The first in the series, A Study in Scarlet Women (Berkley, $15), introduces Charlotte Holmes and a cast of other characters based on the classic stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the series continues, these characters find themselves embroiled in ever more complicated situations that test both the genius and humanity of Lady Holmes.įor the mystery lover, it's hard to imagine an easier-to-recommend series than Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache books. Here, Sherlock Holmes is a cover story for Lady Charlotte Holmes, whose skills as a detective and keen observations of human behavior would be dismissed if the world of Victorian London realized she was, in fact, a woman. Sherry Thomas's Charlotte Holmes series offers a fresh take on the classic Sherlock Holmes character. I've always loved book series, in large part because they provide a built-in answer to the bookworm's eternal question, "What should I read next?" If you're looking to start a new series, here are a few suggestions for your consideration.
0 kommentar(er)
