Just a quick follow-up to news of the nominations 90 days ago–The Mystery Writers of America held its annual awards ceremony this afternoon for the Edgar Allan Poe or “Edgar” Awards, recognizing the mystery, crime, suspense, and intrigue genres in 12 categories. The annual list memorializes the anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, and this […]
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Do not adjust your screen–this is not a repeat post. Regular borg readers know about novelist Elizabeth C. Bunce′s reviews, and this year she has had had great success with her mystery series, beginning with Premeditated Myrtle, which won this year’s Edgar Award (honoring mystery writing pioneer Edgar Allan Poe). We previously announced that she […]
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Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Sarah Beth Durst’s new standalone novel The Bone Maker answers the perennial fantasy question “What has it got in its pocketses?” And that answer is: bones. The magic in the Kingdom of Vos is worked by manipulating the life force remaining in bones to build animated machines, tell the future, […]
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Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Some history books rehash familiar territory, and some tread entirely new, unexplored ground. Nell Darby’s Sister Sleuths: Female Detectives in Britain is the latter. Tapping into a rich but hidden vein of criminology history, Darby uncovers the true stories of professional female investigators from the Victorian age through the early […]
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Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Where are they now? Most true crime TV tends toward the lurid, the sensational, the gory, the depraved. So Netflix’s new documentary series, This is a Robbery, comes as a breath of fresh air to the genre. Their cold case? A 1991 unsolved art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner […]
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Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce It’s no secret that here at borg, we’re big fans of Victorian mysteries—from Netflix’s Enola Holmes to Crimson Peak, to my own Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series, we are always on the lookout for the next great historical whodunnit to share with you. Thanks to our friends at Minotaur Books, we […]
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We have a cover reveal today for borg readers! Take a look at this great cover by Brett Helquist, artist for A Series of Unfortunate Events and other great covers and picture books. It’s for Elizabeth C. Bunce′s next book, Premeditated Myrtle, now available for pre-order here at Amazon. As readers over the past decade […]
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Halloween arrives this weekend and if you’re still looking for a ghost story to get you into the mood of the season, check out borg writer Elizabeth C. Bunce’s novel A Curse Dark as Gold, available in hardcover, paperback, and E-book editions from Amazon and other booksellers, first reviewed here back in 2011. The audio book […]
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Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Caroline Stevermer’s acclaimed historical fantasy work now includes a tale of turn-of-the-twentieth century New York City and its magical elite. In The Glass Magician a stage magician discovers there’s much more to her identity—and her talents—than she ever realized. Thalia Cutler is a natural-born stage magician. Trained in the craft […]
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Review of Sharon Shinn’s Uncommon Echoes fantasy novels by Elizabeth C. Bunce
