Comments on: I’ll Take My Mysteries with a Bit of Romance http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: LinnieGayl http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72485 LinnieGayl Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:52:14 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72485 Rachel, I’m a huge fan of the Rather series by C.A. Belmond. I haven’t seen anything about a next book, but hope there will be another. I’ve read Julie Hyzy’s White House chef series, but haven’t tried the curator series yet. I haven’t heard of the other series you mention; I’ll have to check them out. Thanks!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72318 Rachel Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:50:12 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72318 Quite a number of the series I enjoy are on this list. It took a while until someone mentioned it, but the Amelia Peabody series is probably my favorite, both in print and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. A few series I haven’t seen mentioned yet (in no particular order)-
8 books by Conrad Allen about George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, detectives on various ships in the early 1900s, starting with the Lusitania.
A relatively new series by Teresa grant with 2 books so far; the first takes palce at the Congress of Vienna.
The Charles Lennox series by Charles Finch
The “Rather” series by C A Belmond
Julie Hyzy’s two series- about a White House chef and the curator of a manor musuem
The Sir Charles Sheridan series (ended in 2006) by Robin Paige
The Gideon Oliver mysteries by Aaron Elkins
This is a rather eclectic list, but that’s what makes reading so enjoyable – all the variety! Looking forward to using the previous posts to expand my to-be-borrowed from the library list. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

]]> By: LinnieGayl http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72314 LinnieGayl Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:17:44 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72314 I just downloaded the first in the Captain Lacey series! So many of you enjoy them I figure I have to give the series a try.

]]> By: Victoria S http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72301 Victoria S Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:30:54 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72301 Reading this blog, I was gonna add my 2 cents worth but the others pretty much covered evryting I was gonna say. Then I read about Ashley Gardner’s “Captain Lacey” books, AND that they were only $.099, I went and got the first 3. Lovin” it! Thanks so much to everyone who clued me in to this great series. See..that’s why I love this blog :-)

]]> By: LinnieGayl http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72293 LinnieGayl Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72293 Thanks, Judith. I’ve seen mention of Lindsey Davis’ series before but have never read any of them. I am going to have to rectify that.

]]> By: Judith http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72201 Judith Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:33:28 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72201 I think no one has mentioned Lindsey Davis’ Marcus Didius Falco series, starting with Silver Pigs. Set in Rome and various places in the Roman Empire in the first century AD. I have always enjoyed them, the characters and plots are excellent, and the descriptions of life at the time are wonderfullz entertaining. And a definite second to the Julian Kestrel books – such a shame about Kate Ross – she had so much talent, and I was so eager for more from her. I love St. Cyr, but not as much :-)

]]> By: debb http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72188 debb Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:20:48 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72188 I’m also waiting for the next Captain Lacey book. Another series I found due to the wonders of ebooks are the Nell Sweeney books by P.B. Ryan set in post civil-war Boston.

]]> By: Susan/DC http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72180 Susan/DC Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:52:46 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72180 I have to second Mrs. Fairfax’s recommendation of Imogen Robertson’s Harriet Westerman/Gabriel Crowther mysteries. They are powerful and poignant and totally engrossing.

Rebecca Cantrell is the author of mysteries set in Germany in the 1930s. The series is quite good, although, like the Robertson, they must be read for the mystery and not for the romance. The rise of the Nazis and their impact on political and everyday life dramatically increase the potential stakes to the heroine, Hannah Vogel. Arianna Franklin (who is sorely missed) wrote a wonderful mystery set in the same time and part of the world, “City of Shadows”, but that one does have a satisfying love story.

]]> By: Thea http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72174 Thea Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:58:57 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72174 I concur. Once I stopped resenting Hero, I found that I really appreciated the new dimensions that her character gave the series. I think the series has gotten even better with her emergence as Sebastian’s love interest.

]]> By: LinnieGayl http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664&cpage=1#comment-72149 LinnieGayl Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:02:12 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=8664#comment-72149 I started the series at book 12 and loved it. Then I went back and starting reading from the beginning. I’m glad I started out of order as I might not have continued if I began with the first book. You’re right that the series really improves over time. I’m also listening in audio.

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