A Moveable Feast (2025) Jennifer Ashley (A Below Stairs Mystery #7.6) Set in London in 1884 Mrs Bywater really is a horror. On Saturday morning, the day before Easter, Mrs. Bywater, the mistress of the house, sailed into my kitchen in a rather somber gray frock and announced that I would be cooking Easter dinner […]
The Main Corpse, Audiobook (1996) Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #6) There is a LOT going on here, and a lot of it is WTFery. Some of the things Goldy did should have gotten her locked up–not only because they were illegal, but because they were stupidly illegal. There […]
Killer Pancake, Audiobook (1995) Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #5) Poor Julian. He has the worst things happen to him. This time, it’s his girlfriend that is murdered. Which reminds me of something that really bothers me. 1. Marla never really seemed bothered by the death of her sister. […]
The Last Suppers, Audiobook (1994) Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #4) Goldy and Tom are supposed to be getting married, but as she waits at the church she gets a call–Father Olsen was murdered and Tom was the one who discovered him. Characters: Goldy Bear, Archibald Korman, Julian Teller, […]
The Cereal Murders, Audiobook (1993) Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #3) Characters: Goldy Bear, John Richard Korman, Archibald Korman, Julian Teller, Marla Korman, Tom Schulz Audrey Coopersmith, Headmaster Alfred Perkins, Miss Suzanne Ferrell, Keith Andrews, Stan Marensky, Rhoda Marensky, Heather Coopersmith, Hank Dawson, Greer Dawson, Caroline Dawson, Macguire Perkins, […]
Dying for Chocolate, Audiobook Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #2) This one I hadn’t actually read before. Determined to take control of her life, Goldy moves her business and her son to ritzy Aspen Meadow Country Club, where she accepts a job as a live-in cook. But just as […]
Catering to Nobody, Audiobook (1990) Diane Mott Davidson narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #1) It’s been a long time since I read this series. Probably the late 90s and early 2000s. And I read them out of order back then, since I was picking them up used. I’m listening to this on […]
Speculations in Sin, Audiobook (2024) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #7) Set in London in 1883 “Do you know much about them?” I asked hopefully. “Of course not. Most of these grand establishments of the City won’t let a lady walk into them—at least not one unaccompanied by her father, uncle, […]
The Secret of Bow Lane, Audiobook (2022) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #6) Set in London in 1882 Characters: Mrs. Kat Holloway, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Redfern, Mrs. Bywater, Mr. Bywater, Tess, Lady Cynthia Clifford, James McAdam, Daniel McAdam, Mr. Errol Fielding, Caleb Constable Greene, Mr. Thanos, Grace Holloway, Nettie, Bobby Lady […]
Death at the Crystal Palace (2021) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #5) Set in London in 1882 Characters: Mrs. Kat Holloway, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Bywater, Mr. Bywater, Mrs. Redfern, Tess, Mrs. Millburn, Mr. Elgin Thanos, Mr. Errol Fielding, James McAdam, Daniel McAdam, Lady Clifford, Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia Clifford, Bobby Lady […]
Murder in the East End, Audiobook (2020) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #4) Set in London in 1882 “Daniel and I were raised together, and he tells me you know under what circumstances. We refer to each other as brother, but we were no such thing, though as close as. After […]
Death in Kew Gardens, Audiobook (2019) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #3) Set in London in 1881 I always met the beggars exactly between the streetlamps, where the darkness was greatest. The poor things feared the light, knowing they could be arrested for being unemployed and hungry. “Why didn’t you tell […]
Scandal Above Stairs, Audiobook (2018) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #2) Set in London in 1881 I renewed my conviction that he was not married as I viewed his rumpled frock coat and noted a missing button on his waistcoat. No wife would let her husband be seen like that unless […]
Death Below Stairs, Audiobook (2018) Jennifer Ashley narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza (Below Stairs Mystery #1) Set in London in 1881. I’d completely forgotten I had several of these audiobooks. Since historicals and mysteries are mostly what I’m in the mood for, I was delighted to start listening to a series I know I enjoy. The […]
Banquet of Lies (2013) Michelle Diener (Regency London #2) Set in London in 1812 “He reacted without thinking.” “How can you send someone out to starve without thinking?” Iris asked, her voice soft. “We’ve been fattening Mavis up,” Iris said, and something in the way she said it made Gigi go very still. If this […]