Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darks...: Reviewed by Jeanne Henric Nagg lives on a cursed farm with his wife in a marriage of mutual disrespect and heavy-duty annoyance.  It’s reall...

Mystery Fanfare: CODE OF SILENCE: New British crime series

Mystery Fanfare: CODE OF SILENCE: New British crime series: Code of Silence is a British crime drama, now available on BritBox in the U.S. The series stars Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison, a deaf police...

Jerry's House of Everything: A CHRISTMAS EVE GHOST STORY: THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER CATHEDRAL

Jerry's House of Everything: A CHRISTMAS EVE GHOST STORY: THE STALLS OF BARCHE...: One of the most noted authors of the classic British ghost story was scholar and antiquinarian Montague Rhodes James, who would often read h...

In Reference To Murder: FFB: The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective

 In Reference To Murder: FFB: The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by St...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by St...: Reviewed by Jeanne As the book opens, our narrator finds himself in the woods.   He doesn’t know who he is or how he got there. ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu: Reviewed by Jeanne As The Frangipani Tree Mystery opens, Charity, Irish nanny to the daughter of the Acting Governor of Si...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Magic Cottage by James Herbert

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Magic Cottage by James Herbert: Reviewed by Jeanne This book was recommended to me by a patron who commented, “They say he’s a horror writer, but I don’t think ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart: Reviewed by Jeanne Camilla Haven, a young Englishwoman, is taking a long anticipated vacation in Greece when a man approache...