Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 17 December 2020. A KNIGHT AND A SPY 1410 BY SIMON FAIRFAX Publication Date: August 25, 2020 Publisher: Corinium Associates Ltd Genre: Historical Fiction January 1410, and King Henry IV is brought down with an unknown illness. Despite his 10 year reign the kingdom is far from secure: he is... Continue Reading →
The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 23 October 2020 The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an empty journal with the date 1898 and a mirror. He sees another man hunting nearby, astounded that they look... Continue Reading →
The Village by Philip Duke
Originally posted on Chicks Rogues and Scandals on 10 November 2020. The Village by Philip Duke Genre: War Fiction Publisher: Top Hat Books Format: ebook, paperback A Cretan village confronts the Nazi juggernaut sweeping across Europe. A village matriarch tries to hold her family together… Her grieving son finds a new life in the Cretan Resistance… A naive... Continue Reading →
How the Wired Weep by Ian Patrick
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 25 September 2020 How the Wired Weep by Ian Patrick The Wire crosses the pond. Ed is a detective who handles informants. He recruits Ben, a young man, who is treading a dangerous path into the criminal underworld. Ben’s unsure of where his loyalties lie. They have... Continue Reading →
Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal by Niall Edworthy
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 14 August 2020 Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal by Niall Edworthy Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Release Date: 1st August 2020 Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal is a work of historical fiction, inspired by the true story of Otto Rahn, occultist member of Nazi Germany’s Schutzstaffel (SS) Ahnenerbe think tank, and his... Continue Reading →
Anyone For Edmund by Simon Edge
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on; 14 August 2020 Anyone For Edmund by Simon Edge Genre: Contemporary, Comedy Fiction Publisher: Lightning Books Release Date: 1st September 2020 They dug up his bones. They didn’t know he had a mind of his own. Under tennis courts in the ruins of a great abbey, archaeologists find the remains... Continue Reading →
Vixen by Sam Micheals
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 24/05/2020. Vixen by Sam Micheals Series: Georgina Garrett Series, Book 3 Publisher: Aria Fiction Format: Ebook Genre: Historical Fiction/Saga While World War Two rages on around them, the gangs of London are fighting for their turf… There might be a war on, but that doesn’t stop Georgina Garrett running her business... Continue Reading →
Arrowood and the Thames Corpses by Mick Finlay.
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 3rd April 2020. Arrowood and the Thames Corpses Series: Arrowood Mysteries #3 Genre: Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery Publisher: HQ Stories Format: Print, Ebook, Audio The most exciting historical crime fiction thriller of 2020 for fans of Sherlock Holmes South London, 1896. William Arrowood, Victorian London’s less salubrious private detective, is paid... Continue Reading →
The Colour of Mermaids by Catherine Curzon and Eleanor Harkstead.
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 24th March 2020. The Colour of Mermaids by Catherine Curzon and Eleanor Harkstead. In a world of childhood secrets and tabloid scandals, is falling for the bad boy of British art as risky as it is raunchy? When artist Eva Catesby is invited to an exhibition in... Continue Reading →
The Man in Room 423 by Eleanor Harkstead and Catherine Curzon.
Originally posted Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 13th April 2020. The Man in Room 423 by Eleanor Harkstead and Catherine Curzon. In a heady cocktail of passion and poison, who can you really trust? When Lizzie Aspinall and her sister meet for cocktails in a high-rise bar, the last thing she’s expecting is to spend... Continue Reading →
The Englishman by David Gilman
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 13th July 2020. The Englishman by David Gilman Series: Raglan #1 Genre: Thriller, Espionage Publisher: Head of Zeus Format: Ebook, Print, Audio A clandestine war on the desert border of Mali and Algeria. Murder and kidnap on the suburban streets of West London. A Moscow CID police inspector investigating the assassination... Continue Reading →
Darkest Night by Jenny O’Brien
Originally posted on Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on 16th July 2020. Darkest Night by Jenny O’Brien Series: Gabriella Darin #2 Genre: Police Procedural, Crime Thriller Publisher: HQ Format: ebook, paperback Publication Date: 17th July 2020 DS Gaby Darin has a puzzle on her hands, a puzzle that defies explanation. Christine de Bertrand certainly got more than she was expecting... Continue Reading →