A bustle of activity and the ground began falling away. The Deutschland was ascending into the evening sky. Our trip to Berlin had began. We looked out the windows and waved to the people below. Up we floated and then the distant thrumming of the engines began. Von Neuradt leaned over and said in a…
An accurate historical novel set during the Irish Civil War, when the rootless black and tan troops where sent to Ireland. Loyalty, betrayal, life, death.
In a nice sunny day, and Irish boy makes a strange encounter. I had never read James Joyce before, and I’ve discovered he’s a pure joy to read
Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries book #5 – A murder in a jazz club may only be a big mess… and that’s excactly what it turns out to be.
A story of murder and blackmail in 1920s Hollywood. A journey in the voudeville world and among the new stars of the mecca of cinema
Set in Weimar Berlin, Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher is an intense, gritty, gloomy mystery. Inspector Gereon Rath’s first adventure.
COFFEE BOOK TAG (Dieselpunk edition) – Hard to resist a book tag for a reader. Here my choise of stories set in Diesel Era for this tag (historical fiction, historical fantasy, bookreview)
A novel with a dual timeline: Martin takes part to WWI. In 1991, Grace, Martin’s granddaughter, tries to solve a mystery happened during the war.
Second installment in the Gods of Chicago trilogy, this is an example of what is already considered classic dieselpunk: airships, social tensions, underworld
The Wolf in the Attic by Paul Kearney is one of the most peculiar books I’ve ever read. Set in Oxford in 1929, it’s a mix of fantasy and reality that makes absolut sense
London, 1929. Maisie Dobbs sets up her investigative business and the first case she takes up brings her back to the horrible years of the Great War
Dante walked home through the dense fog and sensed someone followed. Yet, each time he slowed and looked back, he saw and heard nothing suspicious. Eyes and ears on full alert, he hesitate at the front steps of his house. A persistent meowing came from the front door. Dante went to the burnt sienna, yellow-eyed…