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Lady Darby Mystery series

Book Review: A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber

By Angie Barry

April 2, 2021

It’s February of 1832. Kiera, the former Lady Darby, and her husband and private inquiry partner Sebastian Gage have returned to Edinburgh to prepare for the birth of their first child.  This should be a joyful time for the happy couple. But things are not peaceful in the Scottish capital, with a cholera outbreak gripping…

Book Review: A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber

By Angie Barry

April 2, 2020

It’s January 1832 in Scotland, and Kiera — former Lady Darby, now Mrs. Gage — and her husband, Sebastian, are attending a Twelfth Night party hosted by the scandalous and flamboyant Duchess of Bowmont.  Usually, such festivities would be of no interest to the introverted artist, but after spending the holidays with her family —…

Book Review: An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber

By Eleanor Kuhns

April 2, 2019

In Anna Lee Huber’s An Artless Demise, the seventh book in her national bestselling Lady Darby mystery series, Lady Darby returns to London with her new husband, Sebastian Gage, but newlywed bliss won’t last for long when her past comes back to haunt her. As this latest installment of the Lady Darby mysteries begins, Lady Darby and…

Book Review: A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

By Janet Webb

March 2, 2018

A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber is the sixth Lady Darby Mystery, where Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera. The Scottish proverb “The devil’s boots don’t creak” is a spot-on entrée into A Brush with Shadows and, indeed, most…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: March 2018

By Crime HQ

February 15, 2018

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we kept warm with great February cozies; this month, welcome spring with killer March reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this…

Now Win This!: Dance with Death Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

August 11, 2016

Meet me in the cemetery and we'll dance with death—grand prize: 8 incredible “Death” titles! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: July, 2016

By Crime HQ

June 15, 2016

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, the books kept getting hotter with June's releases; this month it's nothing but fireworks with all of July's titles! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to…

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