"I was looking at a Coney Island that was not a corny fair but part of a dazzling metropolis, a boldly imagined world." It's the summer of 1911 when Peggy Batternberg is taken abruptly out of the life she's attempting to build by her family. Heiress to a significant fortune, Peggy is still beholden to [...]
Tag: historical mystery
After Midnight – Review
"Alix knew she was in trouble." We open with that line, immediately pulling us into a story full of scandal and intrigue. Alix, blackmailed into impersonating her twin sister Lily, begins her misadventure by thinking Lily's husband Nicholas to be an oblivious fool. Lily has assured her he pays no attention to her and will [...]
Seance Infernale – Review
"All those things you fear will reach from into the shadows and pull you down there with them." Seance Infernale is an intense thriller following Alex Whitman on his journey to find a piece of film, only rumored to exist. In America, Thomas Edison is credited with building the first camera known to capture motion pictures. [...]