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Review of Murder on Hunter’s Eve

The third in the Lamplight “Murder” series by Morgan Stang, Murder on Hunter’s Eve expands the narrative in multiple ways. First, it expands the setting from an inn (book 1) or a train (book 2) to the entire city of Lamplight. Second, it expands the point-of-view from its main character […]

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Review of Murder on the Lamplight Express

The second book in the Lamplight Murder Mysteries series changes the location from an inn to a train. The setup is remarkably similar. Huntress Isabeau Agarwal boards a train at the last minute, the very last minute, to ensure the safety of the passengers to their destination. She doesn’t know […]

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Review of Murder at Spindle Manor

Murder at Spindle Manor is a dark fantasy and gaslamp mystery. While mysterious elements aren’t new in gaslamp novels, this novel takes the step into true detective fiction. The setup is a classic whodunnit. A group of people have come to a “hotel” outside of a large city while taking […]

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Review of Eden’s Voice

Eden’s Voice by Catherine Stein is a steampunk fantasy set in Ann Arbor, Michigan in autumn of 1904. It’s the advent of the 1900s with a bustling University of Michigan campus, a new invention called motorcars, and this odd sport known as “American football.” This isn’t, however, historical fiction, so […]