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The Lark’s Regret
by Lynn Messina. 2025. This is the fifth book in the Verity Lark mysteries, and I feel it might be the best so far. I will point out these books are really an offshoot of the Beatrice Hyde-Clare mysteries that started this little universe. From the first book they have been alternating with the BHC books and so it’s almost but not quite like a dialogue between the two. It would be easy enough to say this was another great entry in the Verity Lark mysteries or the Beatrice Hyde-Clare mysteries. It’s definitely true. But I feel this one stands above the other books in so many ways. Bea has…
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Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Published by Allison and Busby. 2025. Imagine being a sheep and finding your shepherd dead on the ground. What do you do? Why is he dead, how did he die? George was not the most usual of shepherds. He read to his sheep every day and he had dreams of taking the sheep to Europe. Sound a bit wacky? Indeed, it is rather far-fetched but in a reasonably believable way. George named all his sheep and so we come to know all their personalities as they weave their way to finding George’s killer. They seem to get around reasonably well and do a fair bit of spying on the villagers,…
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A Lark’s Tale
By Lynn Messina. The Book Whisperer Verity Lark’s alter ego, Mr. Twaddle Thum the gossip columnist, is being impersonated around town and that’s a problem. Much of Verity’s time is spent in various disguises to find out what’s really going on among the ton. But it seems this imposter is in danger and it’s her duty to keep that person safe, even if they have stolen her name. And so Verity embarks on a mystery-solving adventure in the same universe as the Beatrice Hyde Clare mysteries. In fact, Beatrice Hyde-Clare is one of Mr. Twaddle Thum’s favourite targets, not to mention Verity’s connection with the duke that Beatrice is married…