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War, Criminality, and “The Right Sort of Man”

“Did your hunch prove correct?” asked Gwen. “It did,” replied Iris, as she began typing her notes of the interview. “What was it about?” “Her stockings.” “Were her seams not straight?” “The seams were straight,” said Iris. “The girl is crooked.” It is June 1946 in London. The war is…
Neil Nyren
May 31, 2019
Romance

A Duke in Disguise and Protagonist with Purpose

In the third book in her London Underground series, Dare to Love a Duke (Avon), Eva Leigh again creates a strong female protagonist who isn’t afraid to take risks and knows her own mind. Lucia Marini, known only as Amina by visitors to The Orchid Club, is a foreigner in London. Born to…
Krista Beggan
January 4, 2019
Romance

Christy Carlyle Proves Business and Pleasure Can Mix

In Christy Carlyle’s A Duke Changes Everything (HarperCollins), Nicholas Lyon is a man with scars, both literally and figuratively. Cast aside as a bastard and tortured by his nobleman father, Nick is only too happy to renounce a title that has brought him nothing but pain. Forced to survive on his…
Krista Beggan
November 27, 2018
Miscellany

2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner Announced!

Let me happily relay the official announcement of the winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction: Piranesi, written by Susanna Clarke and published by Bloomsbury, takes the grand prize. This luminous offering is, according to the Chair of Judges, “a truly original, unexpected flight of fancy which melds genres…
Judy Moreno
September 8, 2021
Fiction

Pursuing the Dragon Lady in Italy, London and Rhodesia

Louisa Treger's The Dragon Lady (Bloomsbury) offers a nuanced perspective on British and African cultures during precarious times, the 1920s through the 1950s. It’s a wonderful mystery, love story and odyssey, all rolled into one. What's even more incredible is that this story is based on a real person. Yes,…
Claudia Keenan
August 13, 2019