A confident historical crime debut which did not really engage me, but I nevertheless appreciated how much research had gone…
If you liked The Miniaturist, there’s no guarantee you’ll like The Muse, which is Jessie Burton’s second novel. It’s very…
An impressively-researched detective novel set in Los Angeles, 1946. I would recommend it and am pleased to hear that there’ll…
An atmospheric historical crime novel from Chris Brookmyre and his wife Marisa Haetzman, a consultant anaesthetist and researcher of the…
This sequel to The Miniaturist was mostly a very good read, although a little thin on plot towards the end.…
An absorbing historical novel, this is a wonderful debut which was a pleasure to read. A tale of journeys both…
An engaging character-driven historical novel, this story is based on a real person whom the author met and has researched.…
This historical novel is narrated by Leonardo’s Mona Lisa painting. I’ve seen the painting for real, but the Louvre was…
A powerful piece of historical fiction set in the women’s mental hospital of Salpêtrière, Paris, in the 1880s. Sometimes I…
If you enjoyed reading Crooked Heart and Old Baggage then this book is a must-read. It does include some of…