veronica speedwell mystery a curious beginning deanna raybourn

One of the few writers who can make history feel immediate and exciting without losing a grasp of the period.'-Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of the Royal Spyness series 'Veronica Speedwell is sure to join the greats of mystery fiction.'-Alan Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce series 'I love this series! Veronica Speedwell is utterly unique.'-Amanda Quick, New York Timesbestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes More Praise for the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries A real find.'-Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series 'I love this book! Brings us the powerful Veronica Speedwell, who triumphs over adversity and danger with wit, charm, and uncanny determination. 'Creating strong character pairings, placing the action in unexpectedly unusual but actual historical settings, and folding it all into a clever mystery are hallmarks of this author's magical, signature style.This new series starts off with a bang.'- Library Journal (starred review) 'The eccentricities of Victorian England receive a rousing look in the highly entertaining A Curious Beginning.Energetic storytelling.'- South Florida Sun-Sentinel If you’re a fellow historical suspense enthusiast, keep reading for some wonderful books.'Wickedly clever and devilishly amusing.Veronica Speedwell is a joy-unflappable, unrepentant, and thoroughly delightful.'-Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series And what better way to escape than to run away to a different time period entirely? Three-quarters of the planet’s population at the very least, must have wanted to do just that since the beginning of 2020.

It does not take much effort to come up with an educated guess about the reasons for this newfound popularity – and why it has occurred, more or less, at the same time as the rise of trends as dissimilar as vampire fiction, Game of Thrones–esque fantasy, and cottagecore: humans have always needed escapism, but the past few decades have really increased this need. Combining many of my favorite things (puzzles to solve, history to learn about, and settings that enable me to travel without leaving my couch or building a time machine? I am beyond all in), the genre has grown exponentially over the years, to the point where it has even become conflated with historical mystery – a similar genre for sure, but not identical. Historical suspense has been a favored genre of mine since I first read The Name of the Rose as a teenager.

Veronica speedwell mystery a curious beginning deanna raybourn