One of the interesting things about these mid-century gothic romances is the surprising amount of time it takes to read a book that is so slender. This book was originally published in 1953 under the title "The Lamb to the Slaughter." This is actually a bit earlier than most of the gothics I read, w...
This hilariously bad book gets two stars only because I was too curious about the ending to DNF it. Written in 1967, it is terribly dated in its gender roles and sexual attitudes. It takes the form of a woman’s recollection of terrible events that befell her a few years earlier when she met a rich, ...
Dull. That is the word I was looking for to describe this book. And I am so disappointed it turned out this way. I was looking to read another DE book for years. I am not kidding. Years ago, I found 2 second-hand books and I loved both of them. They were so similar to Victoria Holt, who is one of my...
Entertaining mystery that will keep you guessing fairly close to the end.
3.5 stars. Another good solid read from Eden. Michele's review here pretty much mirrors my own thoughts, so I'll pass on trying to rewrite it.
The Duncastle family has a long history of military service and heroism, and the many dead are memorialized in a room filled with war trophies. Matilda is as proud of the Duncastle military victories as her forebears, but when her father gambles away the family fortune she's forced to marry beneath ...
3.5 starsThis short little book (256 pages) is really two stories in one. Nathaniel Carrington brings his wife Amelia and children to Peking in 1899 so he can take over running the family's antique business. Things go reasonably well at first, including a invitation to the ladies in the Legation Qua...
Harry Spencer is one of New York's *new* millionaires, but he needs a wife from the one of the older families to give him some respectability and much to the chagrin of Mary Ellen Van Leyden, he settles on her younger sister Louisa. Not a love match, but Harry is kind and generous and Louisa makes d...
Harriet (Hetty) Brown is maid to heiress Clemency Millicent Jervis, although there's a bit more to the relationship between the pair - they look alike enough to pass as sisters (well, they are half sisters, but that would take too long to explain). Clemency's family has bartered her off with a gener...
London, late 19C. Beatrice Bonnington is wed to William Overton of Overton house. Beatrice's father owns Bonnington's Emporium, but despite the taint of being *in trade*, the Overtons are willing to overlook that little matter as they need a healthy infusion of ready cash to keep up appearances. Bea...
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