Where Is Your Bookmark? [September 5th Edition]

I am approaching the finish line of a couple of books, one of which I am featuring here today. It's the latest installment of one of my favorite historical mystery series. 

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Late on a rainy night in May 1884, Daniel McAdam paid me a visit. [opening of A Silence in Belgrave Square]

And so it begins! I wish it was a rainy night here in Southern California, but alas, the sun is shining and it is still in the 90's as I right this. A visit from Daniel is always welcome though. I wonder what he is up to . . .

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When it came time to depart, I hugged Grace hard before I made my way through the damp twilight to Mount Street. My followers found me when I reached the Strand, but as they must have already known where I lived, I didn't bother trying to shake them this time. I assured myself that Mr. Fielding's lads and whomever Mr. Grimes had conscripted would work to keep me safe.

How ridiculous, I mused, to have so many following one innocuous cook about the metropolis. It would be comical if some of them didn't truly wish me harm.  [excerpt from 53% of A Silence in Belgrave Square]

It has been a bit amusing, the amount of people following our dear Kat Holloway in this installment of the series. A Silence in Belgrave Square has been a hard book to put down. Time with Kat, Tess, Lady Cynthia and Lady Townsend is never a waste. 

A Silence in Belgrave Square 

(A Below Stairs Mystery #8) by Jennifer Ashley

Valiant cook and amateur sleuth Kat Holloway must uncover the secrets of Victorian London’s most elite noblemen to save the man she loves, from the New York Times bestselling author of Speculations in Sin.

Kat Holloway knows that her beau and confidante Daniel McAdam has a talent for dangerous work as a Scotland Yard agent. At long last though, Daniel’s coldhearted boss has promised that after a final mission, his debt will be repaid, and he’ll finally be free. However, Daniel must risk his life one last time, masquerading as a secretary to an elderly viscount who could be the mastermind behind the recent plots against the Queen and her government.

Using her contacts throughout London, Kat discovers several of her friends and colleagues have been victims of vicious blackmail. They’ll do anything to protect their scandalous secrets, even conform to the blackmailer’s political agenda. If Kat and Daniel wish to save each other and the Crown, they must prove the blackmailer’s identity and evade those who will stop at nothing to eliminate them.[From the Publisher]

Does this sound like something you would enjoy reading? Do you follow this series too? 

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Which books are you looking forward to reading this fall? (Sep-Nov)

Although there are  a number of books coming out this fall I would like to read, most of the books on my must read soon list are already out. Here are a few I have been eagerly waiting to read. (I am noticing a theme . . . )

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert  Jackson Bennett

Ghost Business (Boneyard Key#2) by Jen DeLuca

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes Prequel) by Travis Baldree

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

Sweep of the Heart (Innkeeper Chronicles #5) by Ilona Andrews

Have you read any of these? What did you think? What are you looking forward to reading this fall? 

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Do you seek out new authors to read, or do you tend to stick with the same ones?

I often seek out new-to-me authors to read. It's been both a blessing and a curse since I began blogging 19 years ago. A blessing because I have discovered so many wonderful books I might not have if I hadn't taken a chance on authors I had not tried before; and a curse because I sometimes end up neglecting the work of my favorites. It isn't just the fault of the book blogging community though. My book clubs are also to blame, not to mention book recommendations of friends or those I come across online. Oh, and wanting to now read the backlists and new releases of the new-to-me authors I fall in love with does not help either, I am sure. At least I will never run out of books to read! 

What about you?

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Be sure and tell me what you are reading and are up to!

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