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Blog: Murder Crossed Her Mind, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2023 mystery, fourth in its series. Pentecost and Parker are engaged
to look into the disappearance of an elderly woman with a photographic
memory.

Blog: A Useful Woman, Darcie Wilde from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100

2018 Regency mystery, first of a series, by Sarah Zettel writing as
Darcie Wilde. After her father’s business dealings came to ruin and he
fled with her elder […]

Blog: With All Due Speed, Celia Lake from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2022 romantic fantasy short stories, more scenes set after the
events of Eclipse.

Blog: The Wreck of a World, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100

1890 scientific romance novella. In the far distant future of 1948,
the machines are revolting…

Blog: Call the Dead Again, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100

1998 mystery, eleventh of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. A local lawyer and minor European
luminary has his […]

Blog: The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2018 Regency romance. Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been thought
more odd than beautiful, but in her London season that oddity makes
her a sensation—and one t […]

Blog: A Perilous Perspective, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2022 historical mystery; tenth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages are staying at a remote
castle for a wedding party; but when […]

Blog: Banshee, Lindsay Rumbold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2024 Cold War espionage and aviation thriller. In 2022, an
undocumented bunker turns up during construction work on a former RAF
base, containing squadron paperwork […]

Blog: Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2006 mystery, twenty-third in Muller’s series about Sharon McCone,
private investigator in San Francisco. Over twenty years ago, a woman
vanished; a few days later, […]

Blog: Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a
salvager, but there’s a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air
supply is running low. Hope […]

Blog: Platform Decay, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2026 short science fiction novel, eighth in the Murderbot series.
Murderbot is visiting a huge space habitat with the goal of rescuing
some of its humans.

Blog: Obsidian Prey, Jayne Castle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100

2009 romance/SF/mystery; sixth of its series but effectively
stand-alone. Lyra Dore found a trove of a rare sort of amber, and the
Company took it off her. And she […]

Blog: A Mexican Mystery, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100

1888 scientific romance novella. A new self-fuelling railway
locomotive turns out to be rather more effective than anyone had
supposed.

Blog: The Killing Code, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, third in the Jack
Logan series. Women are being murdered by an unusually competent
killer.

Blog: The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2004 fantasy, first of a series. Elena Klovis has a wicked stepmother
and two ugly sisters. But when they leave her to look after the house
while they flee debt […]

Blog: The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2022 urban fantasy romance, second of a trilogy. Llewellyn ("Wells")
Jones goes back to Graves Glen, as much to get away from his static
life in Wales as to start […]

Blog: Hornblower in the West Indies, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100

1957 Napoleonic naval fiction, ninth written and eleventh by internal
chronology. Ten years after the war ended, Admiral Hornblower, in
command of the West India […]

Blog: This Brutal Moon, Bethany Jacobs from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100

2025 SF, last of its trilogy. The colony is going to be invaded, the
rebellion is at a standstill, and the new dictator is about to make
his move…

Blog: The Mark of the Horse Lord, Rosemary Sutcliff from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100

1965 historical fiction for young people. Phaedrus the gladiator wins
his freedom, but has no idea what to do with it, and rapidly runs into
trouble. Then he is […]

Charles Maxwell joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:23 +0100

Blog: Harbour Street, Ann Cleeves from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100

2014 contemporary police mystery, sixth in Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope
series. A few days before Christmas, an old woman is stabbed on the Tyne
and Wear Metro. She was […]

Blog: 22 Dead Little Bodies, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2015 short police procedural mystery novel, tartan noir, in the Logan
McRae series. Logan’s day starts with a failed attempt to stop a
suicidal jumper, and goes […]

Blog: The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Sat, 30 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2025 space opera, third in its loose series. Dr Sunya Song has
travelled to the edge of the galaxy to work on the investigation, and
evacuation, of the Baomind, a […]

Blog: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 27 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2024 fantasy mystery. A high-ranking Imperial officer has been
murdered, in a particularly grotesque way. But why was he even staying
at a house belonging to one of […]

Blog: An Impossible Impostor, Deanna Raybourn from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2022 historical thriller, seventh of its series. A Missing Heir has
shown up. Well, maybe. Veronica knew the real man back in the day, and
is asked to see if she […]

Blog: Scarper, Jenny Schwartz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 22 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2023 SF, second of its series. OK, now we know some of what’s going
on. What should we do about it?

Blog: Paladin's Faith, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100

2023 romantic fantasy. Marguerite the spy has heard of a new invention
which will change the shape of the world’s economies. Unable to trust
any old friends or […]

Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 20 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2025 paranormal fantasy, last of a nine-book series. Lorelei is in
supernatural prison, and her boyfriend is being tortured by Lucifer in
person. How to give […]

Blog: Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 18 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100

1953 classic SF, collection of shorter works. The Mule is still
building his empire. Obviously that has to be stopped. Spoilers for a
73-year-old book.

Blog: The Marriage Method, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100

2025 Victorian romance. Miles Quincey, a crusading newspaper editor,
has been looking too hard into the Academy, so its deputy
headmistress, Nell Trewlove, is sent […]

Blog: Secrets Typed In Blood, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 13 May 2026 08:05:00 +0100

2022 mystery, third in its series. Pentecost and Parker are back in
New York, where three murders have been committed in the style of a
particular crime writer.

Blog: Testimony of Mute Things, Lois McMaster Bujold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2025 fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as
Chalion). Early in Pen’s career, when he’s still a sorcerer-physician
in Martensbridge, he’s […]

Blog: The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 06 May 2026 08:03:00 +0100

2021 urban fantasy romance, first of a trilogy. Nine years ago
Vivienne had a summer thing with Rhys, youngest son of the Welsh
family that founded the small and […]

Blog: Why Planes Crash Case Files 2003, Sylvia Wrigley from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 04 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2016 non-fiction, aviation history. Wrigley looks into a number of
aircraft incidents.

Blog: Stolen in Death, J. D. Robb from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2026 romance/SF/mystery; 62nd novel of Robb’s In Death series (SF
police procedurals). After a burglary, the multimillionaire is dead,
and his secret vault of […]

Blog: Danger Point, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100

1941 mystery/thriller, fourth in the Miss Silver series. Lisle
Jerningham is newly married, but nervy; someone who knows her
husband’s family has been talking […]

Blog: The Flying Legion, George Allen England from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100

1920 adventurous SF novel. Bored after the War, "The Master"
determines to gather some like-minded people and find Adventure!

Blog: The Lady With the Gun Asks the Questions, Kerry Greenwood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100

2021 historical detection short stories, in Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher
series (1920s flapper detective in Australia).

Blog: Collision Course, Michelle Diener from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2024 SF/romance, sixth in (and a late addition to) the Class 5 series.
Dav, Sazo and a pregnant Rose are on the expedition to make contact
with the race that built […]

Blog: Deep Wizardry, Diane Duane from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100

1985 fantasy for children (and everyone else), second of its series.
Nita and Kit are on a family holiday on Long Island, when a
whale-wizard in distress invites […]

Blog: Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

2025 fantasy. Fern the bookseller, whom we met in Bookshops &
Bonedust, sells up and moves to the city of Thune to set up again
next to Viv’s coffee shop. But it […]

jeffjohns joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:23:31 +0100

Blog: A Wicked Conceit, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100

2021 historical mystery; ninth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). As the cholera epidemic is starting
to fade in Edinburgh and Lady […]

Blog: The Missing and the Dead, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2015 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, ninth in the Logan
McRae series. As the rescue of a serial killer’s victim involves
enough procedural irregularity to […]

Blog: Shadow of Mars, Glynn Stewart from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100

2026 SF, eighteenth of its series. Chimera is still occupied, and the
force that’s hiding to conserve its strength for the day of liberation
is having to watch as […]

Blog: Enchanting the Fae Queen, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100

2026 romantic fantasy, second of its series. Gerard de Moireul is the
Golden Beacon, the Empire’s most popular and successful general. He’s
clearly going to lead […]

Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000

2025 paranormal fantasy, eighth of a nine-book series. We’re gearing
up for the Big Confrontation! Time for a distraction.

Blog: A House With Good Bones, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:01:00 +0000

2023 horror. When her next archaeological dig is postponed
indefinitely, Sam moves in with her mother in grandmother’s old house.
But Mom is acting weird, and the […]

Blog: Stories of the Raksura Volume Two, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:04:00 +0000

2011 fantasy anthology: five stories of the Raksura.

Blog: We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis Taylor from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000

2016 SF, first of what was announced as a trilogy but is now up to
five volumes. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is
looking forward to a life […]