#veronica speedwell mysteries

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - August 11th - Traitor

feat. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

[elizabeth--reads]

Quick Book Review: A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn

A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn is the eighth book in the Veronica Speedwell series, one of my favorite book series to date. However, I was a little worried going into reading this book because the previous novel (An Impossible Imposter) was my least favorite of them all. For me, what makes these books so enjoyable is the dynamic between Veronica and Stoker, and An Impossible Imposter sets them at odds. I’m very happy to report that even though A Sinister Revenge has less banter than I would like, it does have Veronica and Stoker moving back towards reconciliation. I also thought the mystery was satisfying enough, with some unexpected twists and turns in the story. The brawl inside the life-sized dinosaur model was certainly a highlight.

A Sinister Revenge released March 7, 2023.

Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

[lucy-moderatz]

[the-veronica-speedwell-blog]

vsm moodboard fourteen - bishop's folly

It was both a workspace and a refuge for Stoker and for me. Amongst its riot of paintings, statues, specimens, and artifacts, we found occupation and joy.

- a murderous relation

[im-a-mess-that-works]

I can’t decide what book to read next so I’d love some recommendations! Thanks in advance!

[always-coffee]

A Grave Robbery

My friend Deanna has a new mystery book out next week, the next in her Veronica Speedwell series! If you haven't read them yet, do. They're excellent--great pacing, excellent human, and perfect tension. And no, I'm not just saying that because she's my friend.

I was a certainly a fan first, quite by chance. I received her first Julia Grey novel as a gift, ended up following her blog, then we emailed for a while, and now she is one of my dearest humans.

And here is a photo of D and me, from back when I had my original hair color, in NYC. (Did I Marilyn that day, twice? Yes.) That was one of my favorite days, ever.

[my-52-weeks-with-christie]

Mystery Review: A Sinister Revenge

Deanna Raybourn — A Sinister Revenge One of the things I love about the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries is how Raybourn seamlessly weaves natural history into her mysteries! In fact, as in A Sinister Revenge, they become critical to the plot! Imparting just enough info, should you like, you can find out more about whatever she’s spliced into the story.  In A Sinister Revenge, we find ourselves…

[lynnwriting]

WOMS: A Grave Robbery

Veronica and Stoker are back at it, so this week let's discuss their latest adventure in A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn. Click below to read all my theories about what comes next for our sleuthing couple! #bookreview #murdermystery #VictorianEngland

Veronica and Stoker are back at it, and this time they must solve a dastardly crime! This week for “What’s on my Shelf,” it’s Deanna Raybourn’s latest A Grave Robbery! Last we heard from our sleuthing lovers, they had reconciled and returned to Bishop’s Folly in contented bliss after solving their last case. As employees of Lord Rosemorran, we find them continuing their work of documenting and…

[annafromuni]

Deanna Raybourn Returns with A Grave Robbery, But is it a Swing and a Miss?

Deanna Raybourn’s A Grave Robbery is the ninth book in the Veronica Speedwell series, but I fear it may be the last I read. While this series has interesting characters and strong personalities directing the plot, it seems to lack the depth and complexities of everyday life that I enjoy seeing in these historical fiction books. The plot in A Grave Robbery feels empty, not due to a lack of…

[avoteforme]

i've started reading that veronica speedwell series- up to book 5 now. i actually am liking it quite a bit for veronica herself who reminds me of baby phryne and the novels' plots. the love interest/romance in the novel does not click with me- dude reminds of a dark-haired tr*vis k*lce if anything but slightly more articulate, he's described as looking like a pirate which is not my type and the slow burn is really exasperating and not in the good way. if anything i like stoker's older viscount brother, tiberius, who is both a bit skanky but also a lil infatuated with veronica's free spirit and i'm pretty sure that he has chestnut curls like a certain book version aussie di.

but the adventures in most of the novels in this series have a decidedly mfmm-esque bent to them without being too much of a facsimile but i have an idea that the author has definitely watched miss fisher's murder mysteries- the circus episode, the sexually liberated 'tude of veronica, stoker having an ex-wife, curiosity club = adventuress' club, veronica's royal background, the episode with the v*brator but since the novel is set in the 1880s they go with the d*ldo, the egyptian princess mystery which is reminiscent of the cleopatra masquerade, there's even a police inspector character who is like a tres pathetic love interest lmbo

anyways i started reading the series bc of a mfmm gifset that made a Very Good Point about the imbalance in the jack/phryne relationship- shall reblog that anon

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - May 2nd - Currently Reading

dove into the latest Veronica Speedwell mystery by Deanna Raybourn today and I’m loving it so far 😄

[sandythereadingcafe]

REVIEW:

THE GRAVE ROBBERY (Veronica Speedwell Mystery 9) by Deanna Raybourn at The Reading Cafe:

'wild adventure, very compelling'

https://www.thereadingcafe.com/a-grave-robbery-by-deanna-raybourn-a-review/

[thereadingcafe]

[the-veronica-speedwell-blog]

Stoker: I would have traveled with you until the end of creation. I would have delivered the child. I would have married you and given the damned thing a name.

Veronica: which could mean nothing

[lakecountylibrary]

Abby stopped in with some late recs just now! She seconds Her Royal Spyness and adds:

Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries by Tasha Alexander (a personal favorite!) Start with And Only to Deceive

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries by Carrie Bebris. Start with Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged

Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn (another personal favorite!) Start with A Curious Beginning

Rosalind Thorne Mysteries by Darcie Wilde. Start with A Useful Woman

Countess of Harleigh Mysteries by Dianne Freeman. Start with A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder

Can you recommend a cosy historical mystery series? I’d prefer a female protagonist if possible

We can! Historical cozies are a little harder to come by than ones set in modern day, but reader's advisor Susan has some suggestions!

Susan says:

You should try Rhys Bowen. She has two series that would be good; The Molly Murphy series and The Royal Spyness series. Start with Murphy's Law and Her Royal Spyness, respectively

Victoria Thompson writes the Gaslight Mysteries series about a detective midwife set about 1900 in New York City. Start with Murder on Astor Place.

Stephanie Barron has a series with Jane Austen as the detective. Start with Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor.

The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear might work for you, too. It is set in 1929. Book one is just called Maisie Dobbs.

You might try Mary Roberts Rhinehart. She was often called the American Agatha Christie, so if Agatha Christie is a winner for you then definitely give Rhinehart a try.

And finally, take a look at The Cadfael Chronicles about a mystery-solving monk from 12th-centruy England. If you like them, you're in luck: there are a lot. These were written by Ellis Peters (pen name of linguist Edith Pargeter). Start with A Morbid Taste for Bones.

--

I hope there's something on that list that works for you! We don't actually have many cozy mystery recs in our backlog so I don't have a tag link for you, but I invite others to share their own recs on this post as well!

[lilmissnatcat24]

lilmissnatcat24 doesn't just write, she also reads too!!!! i read 72 books this year, here were my top 10 favorite and my bottom 5 least favorite of 2024!

The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

Two people, one an heir to a vast intergalactic empire and one an imprisoned terrorist in disguise, must discover why potential habitable worlds for humans are already dead by the time researchers arrive. Spooky creepy zombie book with intergalactic politics and a forbidden romance that makes your toes curl.

2.The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

A woman has an ability to travel in time, but has to decide whether to stay in the present or return to her past life, where she already once left behind her husband and child. Time Traveler's Wife meets Southern gothic magical realism.

3.The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Twenty years after the son of the family who owns a popular summer camp goes missing and is never found, their daughter is suddenly nowhere to be found. Dirty Dancing meets murder mystery meets Yellow Wallpaper.

4. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Terrifying retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's Fall of the House of Usher. Zombies and fungi and gothic manors galore-- in a year where I read seven T. Kingfisher books, this was my favorite.

5. Vengeful by V. E. Schwab

The second book in the Vicious duology, the effects of one particularly dangerous and influential woman with extra special powers. Homoerotic dark academia X-Men retelling.

6. The Will of the Many by James Islington

One boy goes undercover in a vicious university to spy for the very same family responsible for killing his own. Dark academia meets Red Rising (if Red Rising was actually good) meets high fantasy crack cocaine.

7. Happy Place by Emily Henry

Two exes have to pretend to still be together in their friends' annual summer trip to Maine. The only second-chance romance that deserves rights.

8. To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

A native girl with her dragon must learn to keep her individuality in a school that attempts to whitewash and gentrify the ancient skill of dragon taming. Historical fantasy filled with action, romance, and individuality.

9. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The first in the Stormlight Archives series, one assassination of a king results in a war, and how the horrors of that war affect different characters around the globe. Yet another high fantasy crack cocaine.

10. A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

The fourth installment of the Veronica Speedwell series, a manor haunted by the ghost of a runaway bride ten years later. The slow burn is no longer slow!!!

now for the worst of the worst

The Women by Kristin Hannah

One woman's experience as a war nurse during the Vietnam War, and her struggles to reacclimate back into society. The most disappointing book by one of my favorite authors-- if it comes out in ten years that Kristin Hannah used ChatGPT to write this book, I will not be surprised in the slightest.

2. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemmings

Young maiden gets kidnapped by a demon in order to save the world. The world's most insufferable millennial unfortunately got published to write demon smut.

3. Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

A sapphic romance of two ex-fiancees who pretend not to know each other as their cabin gets snowed in for the winter. The peak reason why second-chance romances don't work.

4. How Does It Feel? by Jeneane O'Riley

Shitty ACOTAR retelling with a demon who jizzes his pants over some random biologist. That's maybe the nicest thing I can say about it.

5. Throttled by Lauren Asher

F1 forbidden romance between a bad boy and his co-worker's sister. Seriously, who is letting these millennials publish these books? Who is editing these? Who is the audience? Why can't these fuckers just jerk off and get over it like everyone else?