Books by Barbara Cleverly
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review 1: This was a 2.75 star book. The British setting and charming young constable Lily Wentworth made it enjoyable as did the historic references to the late Russian czars family and to the Fenian movement. I found the budding relationship between Joe Sanidlands and Lily charming, but ...
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review 1: I always like Cleverly's mysteries (love her name too, for that matter). This one takes place 12 or 13 years after the last one I read (which was the one written immediately before this one also - interesting). It tackles a tricky and horrifying topic - the "popularity" of the ...
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review 1: Stunningly promising (FDR! International Intrigue!), but turns out overwritten and tedious; “Say—am I boring you? Stay awake now!” p. 158. More than a bit confusing, too. Is it the TVA or the gold standard that the congressman is supposed to “fix” for the bad guys? Or neither? T...
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review 1: This is the latest in a series, which began set in India during the Raj but whose hero (and trust me, dashing doesn't begin to get it across!) has now returned to England and France. I have to say that I enjoyed the India ones more; this is probably my favorite of the ones set i...
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review 1: Sometimes I think that Cleverly doesn't know whether to be a mystery writer or an historian.This particular book was not my favorite. Often her writing is hazy and unclear -- she leaves you to fill in blanks which can be pretty easy when you are reading a fairly lightweight myste...
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review 1: A disappointing volume from an author who is usually much better. Amateur archeologist and detective Laetitia Talbot goes to France to investigate the murder of her godfather. Accompanied by a bodyguard hired by her father, a shell-shocked WWI chaplain, the book actually gets o...
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review 1: In this third outing set in 1928 Athens, Letty's mentor, Sir Andrew Merriman, is killed at the dress rehearsal of a Greek tragedy he is directing about the murder of King Agamemnon by his vengeful wife Clytemnestra. As more facts come to light, the parallels between ancient and m...