DNF at 66%I did everything to finish it. I really tried. But I failed. *I give one star rating to books I DNF. It is my subjective feeling about the book and has nothing to do with the quality of the writing or the story itself. What I like:This book broadened my horizons. I learned a lot about the ...
3, 4 stars. There is one reason why I decided to read Janice Law.There are actually 2 reasons, but I wouldn't have read it if not the reason number one. So, it is the only reason why I picked her book.The second book in the Francis Bacon's Mystery, [b:The Prisoner of the Riviera|17912870|The Prisone...
My formal review. As a rule, I'm not a fan of murder mystery series, but every now and then, I get hooked. When I read Janice Law's Fires of London last year, it instantly made my top 10 of 2012 for her articulation of 20th century painter Francis Bacon. He's seedy and slutty, sarcastic, and ver...
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in return for honest opinion. I would like to thank all parties involved for the opportunityUnfortunately, this was one of the times where the fault was ALL my own. Maybe because the story was historical (I wasn't fond of historical, but was hoping that ...
Thankfully, I don't mind when historical figures are wrangled into improbable fictions, and in this case, I loved watching Francis Bacon slum it and fight crime in World War II London.Bacon, a crazy surrealist modernist painter who totally creepies me out (warning: painting is wicked disturbing!), i...
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