Sarah Gale is a seamstress and convicted murderer awaiting execution in Newgate Prison. She was tried for assisting her boyfriend, James Greenacre, in the killing of another woman and has lost her case against the Crown. With only a few weeks until her sentence is carried out, Edmund Fleetwood, a barrister, is assigned to review…
It’s going to be impossible to review this book without comparing it to the works of PG Wodehouse. The writings share a number of attributes — silly surnames, ridiculous situations, and even more unlikely solutions. Barrister Horace Rumpole tells stories from the first person, much like Bertie and Mr. Mulliner, but his are from the…
The First Victorian Railway Killing I’m a sucker for these sorts of books. In fact, when I received the review copy, my husband joked, “Well, someone said, ‘Let’s write a book for you!’” It has so many themes I love: mystery, the Victorian era, trains, and a murder trial. AND it’s British. Drawn from…