for her family, working out at the gym, and finding new ways to keep her house spotlessly clean. Truth is, she's an expert at calling for take-out, she grumbles about walking the dog, and the dust bunnies under the bed have grown into dust lions. Action, adventure, mystery, and humor are the things Mulhern loves when she's reading. She loves them even more when she's writing!
Her new novel is Murder in Manhattan.
At CrimeReads Mulhern tagged eight favorite historical mystery novels that transport readers, including:
Tasha Alexander, And Only to DeceiveRead about the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.
Tasha Alexander’s And Only to Deceive transports us to Victorian London through the eyes of Lady Emily Ashton, a young woman who discovers her late husband wasn’t the man she thought he was. Emily’s transformation from naive bride to widow to intrepid sleuth made me fall in love with this series.
Alexander captures the claustrophobia of aristocratic Victorian womanhood (the calling cards and social rituals, the art collecting and archaeological pursuits, and the restrictive rules governing a widow’s behavior) while also revealing the era’s intellectual curiosity, particularly around archaeology and classical studies. But it’s Lady Emily’s curiosity that keeps readers coming back.
--Marshal Zeringue
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