Dear Laura

an intriguing tale of twists and turns, I enjoyed all the character development and was left guessing at all the plot twists, I enjoyed this book, 4 stars......more

I really enjoyed reading this novel set in the Victorian age. Superbly written, with historical details regarding a 19thC middle class family abounding. It was a complete mystery to me who could have committed the crime, literally until the last few pages. Brilliantly thought out. Definitely a 5*!......more

I seem to have been reading a lot of historical fiction lately featuring spunky women heroines who won't be tied down by the conventions of the period they live in. They talk to men they haven't been introduced to, they learn to read and write, and they express profoundly liberal opinions on matters......more

Set in late Victorian England, when the master of the family dies his doctor rules natural causes but poison pen letters point to the wife and brother of the deceased. Nobody does hypocrisy like the Victorians. A very compelling look at a family that seemed to have it all.......more

I would like to thank Netgalley and Sapere Books for a review copy of Dear Laura, the first novel in a projected series to feature Victorian police officer, Detective John Joseph Lintott. Theodore Crozier of Crozier Toys dies unexpectedly from a brain haemorrhage, leaving his brother Titus, his wife......more