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#TuesdayBookBlog THE BODY IN THE TREES: A BOWMAN OF THE YARD INVESTIGATION by Richard James (@RichardNJames) Recommended to fans of historical mysteries and complex characters #VictorianMystery

Posted on July 7, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the third book in a series of Victorian mysteries I’ve been following for a while. The Body In The Trees: A Bowman Of The Yard Investigation by Richard James Bowman of the Yard: Book Three ‘Wonderfully atmospheric, full of the thrills of Victorian London.’ Adam Croft. Summer, 1892. Accompanied by

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog A Bowman of the Yard Investigation, grief, PTSD, Richard James, Scotland Yard, TuesdayBookBlog, Victorian mystery, village life

#Bookreview #DOVERONE (A DOVER MYSTERY BOOK 1) by Joyce Porter (@farragobooks) A satirical vintage cozy mystery with an awfully funny (anti) hero #mystery

Posted on December 16, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you something a bit old today but wickedly funny. Dover One (A Dover Mystery Book 1) by Joyce Porter Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? For its own very good

Posted in Book review, Book reviews 1960s, British, cozy mystery, Dover series, Joyce Porter, mystery, police procedural, Scotland Yard, vintage

#TuesdayBookBlog THE DEVIL IN THE DOCK: A BOWMAN OF THE YARD INVESTIGATION by Richard James(@RichardNJames). An exception to the rules about second parts #Victorianmystery

Posted on August 6, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the second book in a series I started reading recently, and I’m already a big fan of. The Devil in the Dock: a Bowman of the Yard Investigation by Richard James ‘Are there devils here?’ Considered a loose cannon, Detective Inspector George Bowman of Scotland Yard is despatched to London’s

Posted in Book review, Book reviews A Bowman of the Yard mystery, historical fiction, London, Richard James, Scotland Yard, Tower Bridge, Victorian mystery

#TuesdayBookBlog THE HEAD IN THE ICE: A BOWMAN OF THE YARD INVESTIGATION by Richard James (@RichardNJames). A masterful new Victorian #mystery series. #RBRT

Posted on June 4, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of the first book in a new Victorian mystery series, another great discovery from Rosie’s Book Review Team. The Head in the Ice: A Bowman of the Yard Investigation by Richard James (@RichardNJames). Who would send a madman to solve a murder? Just released from a Lunatic Asylum,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog historical fiction, London, lunatic asylum, mystery, police procedural, PTSD, Scotland Yard, Victorian mystery

#Bookreview THE MURDER THAT DEFEATED WHITECHAPEL’S SHERLOCK HOLMES: AT MRS RIDGLEY’S CORNER by Paul Stickler (@paul_stickler) (@penswordbooks) #Truecrime

Posted on February 11, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another non-fiction book that brings to life what a real murder investigation was like in Britain in the early XX century. The Murder that Defeated Whitechapel’s Sherlock Holmes: At Mrs Ridgley’s Corner by Paul Stickler. A fascinating true police-procedural account from the early XXc In 1919, when a shopkeeper and her

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Non-fiction Britain, Irish, Murder, non-fiction, police procedural, PS Wensley, Scotland Yard, true crime, WWI, XX century