From the back cover: Temporarily abandoned by their scapegrace father, Prudence and Robin Lacey are forced to masquerade as the opposite sex to avoid capture by their political enemies. Prue makes a devilishly handsome young man and her brother Robin is equally beguiling as her "sister." This, however, makes for some dangerous entanglements when Prue, as Mr. Merriot, falls in … [Read more...] about The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer: B-
Adolf 1: A Tale of the Twentieth Century by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: On the eve of World War II, the destinies of three men named "Adolf"—including the infamous dictator of Germany's Third Reich—became inexorably intertwined... Review: I had already requested Adolf via interlibrary loan when Connie posted her excellent review of the series at Manga Recon. You can see what she has to say about it here. In this later work, … [Read more...] about Adolf 1: A Tale of the Twentieth Century by Osamu Tezuka: A
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir: B+
From the front flap: Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill "the Princes in the Tower," as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely? In this utterly … [Read more...] about The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir: B+
Blue Sheep Reverie 1-2 by Makoto Tateno: B-
When Kai’s lover, Maria, is murdered, he sets out to find her killer. His one clue is that the ring Maria always wore—a man-made blue jewel resembling the eye of a sheep—is missing, and he thinks he’s found it on the hand of Lahti Bara, a bigwig in Sarte, one of the gangs ruling the gritty city of Akatsuki. To get close to Lahti and check out his ring, Kai makes a bid to be his … [Read more...] about Blue Sheep Reverie 1-2 by Makoto Tateno: B-
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+
From the back cover: When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters—including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in … [Read more...] about Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+