With more to come tomorrow.

( Star Wars: Empire, Volume 1: Betrayal, Scott Allie, Ryan Benjamin, and Curtis Arnold )

There's no rhyme or reason, I'm just late on these. Or about to be.

( The Murder Room, Michael Capuzzo )

Only two, actually, as I am tired and I still have some catchup to do for the January meme, but here you go.

( The Pigeon Spy, by Terry Deary )

No Daisy Dalrymples in this one: she'll get her own post tomorrow.

( Return of the Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett )

Today, true crime! Well, kinda. The last one is a little off message but I'm putting it in here because it makes an even five.

( The Wicked Boy, Kate Summerscale )

When you think of medieval times, what do you think of? Kings and queens, the power of the church? The Wars of the Roses, the Black Death? Or do you think of the complicated feudal system and judicial duels, aka trials by combat? If the latter, this book is for you ( Read more... )

The full title of this book is Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, and Other Female Villains, and it's a collection of short biographies of, well, female villains of history ( Read more... )

I am a sucker for true crime books. That's probably been brought up before on this blog. Other things I am a sucker for include sociology and well-told stories, and Homicide By the Rich and Famous has all three ( Read more... )

I like true crime, I really do. I like historical true crime even better, and I'm a great fan of the lives and vices of royalty, so this book seemed like it was made for me. Final verdict is more of a resounding "meh," however ( Read more... )

Bones Never Lie is a children's nonfiction book about forensic science and historical mysteries. YAY ( Read more... )