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Rose is an academic and a novelist. You can find out more about her and her work by exploring the links on the left, or by choosing a book below.
Rose is an academic and a novelist. You can find out more about her and her work by exploring the links on the left, or by choosing a book below.
This book is great fun, enhanced by a tightly-constructed, suspenseful plot and Mary's irreverent observations.
Melikan always steeps her excellent mystery stories in authentic period detail and fascinating facts, evoking time and place with precision and panache. With a rich cast of characters and an all-action plot, The Mistaken Wife proves to be a happy marriage of romance and adventure.
... Melikan's sprightly sequel to The Blackstone Key ... the novel's confident voice, quirky characters and sparkling period detail should keep fans of light historical thrillers turning the pages.
The novel starts off in a gentle manner and increases in pace and action as the story progresses and the mystery builds. Readers who love period detail, whether in costume, fact, language or law, will revel in this book.