Disjointed, thy name is....
Since I have no memory whatsoever, and haven't had motivation/time to really post, I guess I should start back into it - thanks largely to actual time to read, and a pretty decent used bookstore.
Last week's lunchtime fare was Dissolution by C.J. Sampson. More Tudor history, but a mystery! This takes place shortly after Queen Jane Seymour's death, during Cromwell's attempt to dissolve the monasteries. The main character is a commissioner working for Cromwell who's been sent to investigate the murder of another commissioner at a monastery under investigation.
This week: The Music of the Spheres by Elizabeth Redfern. This one snagged my attention because who doesn't love getting books for $0.75? The location is England, 1795. The air is rife with the aftereffects of the French Revolution, and the story circles around a killer whose victims are always young and red-haired females. There's quite a lot of astronomical information in the book - since there's a group of astronomers that seem to be the center of the plot. So far, so good. It's a fun read.
Other vaguely recent discoveries, authorwise - Steven Saylor. More historical mysteries, although these are set in Rome. I've enjoyed the two I've picked up.
Phillipa Gregory's continuing to write excellent books - her latest is The Constant Princess, concerning Catherine of Aragon's first years in England. It's a different spin on her marriage with Arthur, and I really enjoyed it too.
Last week's lunchtime fare was Dissolution by C.J. Sampson. More Tudor history, but a mystery! This takes place shortly after Queen Jane Seymour's death, during Cromwell's attempt to dissolve the monasteries. The main character is a commissioner working for Cromwell who's been sent to investigate the murder of another commissioner at a monastery under investigation.
This week: The Music of the Spheres by Elizabeth Redfern. This one snagged my attention because who doesn't love getting books for $0.75? The location is England, 1795. The air is rife with the aftereffects of the French Revolution, and the story circles around a killer whose victims are always young and red-haired females. There's quite a lot of astronomical information in the book - since there's a group of astronomers that seem to be the center of the plot. So far, so good. It's a fun read.
Other vaguely recent discoveries, authorwise - Steven Saylor. More historical mysteries, although these are set in Rome. I've enjoyed the two I've picked up.
Phillipa Gregory's continuing to write excellent books - her latest is The Constant Princess, concerning Catherine of Aragon's first years in England. It's a different spin on her marriage with Arthur, and I really enjoyed it too.