These books about the Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane are amid of a light mystery with a hunk of romance thrown in and while I don't mind a bit of romance, this book seemed to have a rather hefty dose this time around. Brisbane gets himself an estate, albeit one that is falling apart, and when J...
I discovered this series a few years ago, upon the recommendation of the lovely folks at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop (located in Seattle, of course). The series takes place in England (mostly) in the 1800s. Lady Julia Grey comes from a family of wealthy and eccentric aristocrats. She manages ...
This book did not grab me like the others... Lady J & Mr B are settling into married life while she continues to inject herself into the inquiry business totally ignoring the warnings of her smexy hubby's real dangers of the inquiry business. Sadly, I found her prattling-whining about her husband...
I thoroughly enjoy reading about Nicholas and Julia Brisbane, a fine British couple who hail from very different backgrounds. She is the Lady Julia, daughter of a Lord, and Nicholas, born to a gypsy mother. Makes for an interesting read.I started with the first book in this series and have not ...
I'm a fan of Deanna Raybourn's "Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane" series, and while the librarian here in Carrollton, Miss., borrowed "The Dead Travel Fast" for me, "Dark Enquiry" is supposedly on its way to me. I read and returned the "vampire" novel and enjoyed it, too! A happy ending for the C...
Another great one by Deanna Raybourn! This book had a great love story, a mystery, and just enough supernatural elements to keep you guessing what is real and what is folklore. The love story was well written as usual too, and it even had me wondering whether these two would even get a happy endi...
This was a short introductory piece that did its job well by giving me a taste of what I could expect in 'A Spear of Grass'. This is not my first rodeo with this author so I went into this story with a high level of expectation and was not disappointed. The author has the ability to immerse the...