bookshelves: published-2014, net-galley, e-book, winter-20132014, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller, series Read from January 18 to 27, 2014 Netgalley/Poisoned Pen PressDescription: Ambition, intrigue, treachery, murder—another Byzantine mystery…. 548 CE. It’s a hot summer night in Constant...
Rating: 3* of five The Book Description: High jinx in the imperial court mixes with lowlife in Constantinople's mean streets..."If the perfect historical mystery is one that uses the past to let us see the present from a new angle, then this is darned close to being the perfect historical mystery."...
This book was AWESOME!! OK, the authors I can guarantee took some artistic liberties with the historical component to the book; however it didn't detract at all from this well written book, which sucked me in from page one. There was phenomenal character development and the book oozed that it was i...
In which I am talking to myself:"So Aoife, tell me again: Did you ever read a crime short-story collection (apart from Sherlock Holmes) you actually liked?""Well, there was this one by Pater Tremayne.""And apart from that?""None.""So why exactly did you think you'd like that one?""Because of the con...