Reader, I murdered him. Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre, they call her wicked - but in her case, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors. A fu...
Some of you may remember from years past that I enjoy participating in a yearly reading challenge in the fall called R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril (or R.I.P.) which has traditionally been hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings. This year (the 10th year of the challenge), he has asked the amazing...
The Fatal Flame, by Lindsay Faye, is the last book in its series and I am very sorry to see Timothy Wilde make his exit. Wilde served as one of the first “copper stars” in New York from 1845 to 1848, working as a detective even though the title didn’t exist yet. In the first book, The Gods of Gotham...
One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret, Never to be told. Seven for a Secret is the second book in the Timothy Wilde Series by Lyndsay Faye. Six months has passed since the events of Gods of Gotham. It followed the same ...
I have to say I was a little uneasy after reading some of the one and two star reviews for this book before cracking it open, but I was very surprised when I couldn't put the book down from the start. The background and setting are well researched and beautifully, in the most horrifying way, describ...
I've missed Tim Wilde!!! Thankfully he's come back to me. Now I have to wait a whole year for him again, but it's worth the wait!!! Fatal Flame has a reunion of sort with several of the characters from the first two books coming back. Of course, Tim and Val are still fighting with each other, but no...
Das Buch ist in meinen Augen einer der intelligentesten, originellsten Krimis, die ich in den letzten Jahren gelesen habe! Da kommt so viel Interessantes zusammen: Ein hochspannender, aber sehr bedrückender Kriminalfall, in dem es um kleine Kinder geht, deren Rechte vor ihrem Tod niemanden inter...
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is inevitable that writers feel a deep-seated urge to pit Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper. The murders happened in the midst of Holmes's career; his contemporary readership mus...
Hier stellte sich mir schon zum zweiten Mal die Frage, ob man ein Buch u.a. auch danach bewerten soll, wie es beworben wird. Zwei Aussagen im Klappentext bezeichnen "Der Teufel von New York" als Thriller - und das führte mich völlig auf die falsche Fährte. Die Aussage "Ein fulminanter historischer R...
Als ich das erste Mal von dem Buch hörte war ich skeptisch. Bücher über brutale Kindsmorde gibt es viele und oft hat man das Gefühl es geht dabei nur um den Schockmoment. Klar, die meisten Krimileser kann man mit einer einfachen Leiche nicht mehr schockieren. Da muss also ein besonders brutaler Mord...
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