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Victoria Thompson

Book Review: City Of Schemes by Victoria Thompson

By Doreen Sheridan

January 7, 2021

The fourth book in Victoria Thompson’s excellent Counterfeit Lady series is an utter page-turner! There isn’t a single wasted moment in this terrific, twisting tale as our intrepid heroine Elizabeth Miles seeks to not only preserve herself and her fiance Gideon Bates from a threat from their past, but also to prevent a con from…

Book Review: City of Scoundrels by Victoria Thompson

By Doreen Sheridan

November 6, 2019

Elizabeth Miles is contentedly settling into the life of a respectable young woman in New York City…or she would be if war wasn’t threatening to take away her beloved fiancé, Gideon Bates. As the Great War in Europe rages on, the draft age has been expanded. Gideon, an upstanding lawyer by trade and inclination, won’t…

Book Review: Murder on Trinity Place by Victoria Thompson

By Janet Webb

April 26, 2019

The devil’s in the details when a man is found murdered near Trinity Church in Murder on Trinity Place, the latest installment of Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight Mystery series. Victoria Thompson highlights a different aspect of turn-of-the-century New York with each “Gaslight Mystery.” From Bowery boys to milk production, a side-benefit for faithful readers is an…

Review: City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson

By Doreen Sheridan

November 12, 2018

City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson is the second book in the Counterfeit Lady series starring on-the-run Elizabeth Miles. In the author’s note at the end of this novel, Victoria Thompson hopes that the reader had as much fun reading the novel as she had writing it. I would like to state that I, for one,…

To Err is Human … But It Can Make a Really Good Book!

By Victoria Thompson

On May 1, the 21st book in my Gaslight Mystery Series, Murder on Union Square, will come out. People often ask me where I get my ideas, and for this book, the answer is easy: it came from a mistake! A terrible mistake a fan pointed out to me, and therein lies a tale. As…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: April 2018

By Crime HQ

March 15, 2018

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

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: November 2017

By Crime HQ

October 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we offered up tricks and treats with great October cozies; this month, give thanks for all these amazing November reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait…

Review: Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson

By Amber Keller

May 2, 2017

Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson is the 19th Gaslight Mystery, where Sarah Brandt and Frank Malloy search for a connection between a murdered newsie and a high-society woman with dangerous habits. Having recently reviewed Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight Mystery Murder in Morningside Heights, I eagerly jumped for the opportunity to check out her newest…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: May, 2017

By Crime HQ

April 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we got April showers and great cozies; this month, we get beautiful weather and more amazing books! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next!…

Review: Murder in Morningside Heights by Victoria Thompson

By Amber Keller

April 7, 2017

Murder in Morningside Heights by Victoria Thompson is the 19th book in the Gaslight Mystery series, nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. Murder in Morningside Heights is the 1st book I’ve read in the Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson, but I was able to jump into this series with no problem.…

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