Category: prostitution
+ audio book, audio drama, fiction, Georgian England, Historical fiction, magic, Magical realism, prostitution, review
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar read by Juliet Stephenson
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high … Read More The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar read by Juliet Stephenson
+ fiction, Historical fiction, journalist, mental illness, murder, obsession, prostitution, revenge, review, secrets, Victorian Britain
Murder At The Lunatic’s Ball by R S Leonard
A Victorian asylum. A woman imprisoned. A deadly secret. England, 1875. London journalist, Harris Mortimer, visits a Hampshire lunatic asylum to investigate society’s treatment of the insane, only to find himself in a fateful encounter with a beautiful woman claiming to be wrongly incarcerated. Horrified by a series of murders, he soon becomes drawn into the strange world of the asylum and begins to … Read More Murder At The Lunatic’s Ball by R S Leonard
+ fiction, Historical fiction, London, murder, prostitution, review, serial killer, Victorian Britain
Whitechapel Autumn of Error by Ian Porter
Whitechapel 1888; a killer is on the loose and the newspapers are ensuring the nation knows all about not just the crimes but the terrible living conditions in which they are being perpetrated. Nashey, a tough, scary yet charismatic man of the night, whose mother had to prostitute herself when he was a boy, knows the identity of the killer but keeps it a secret. … Read More Whitechapel Autumn of Error by Ian Porter
+ abuse, family, fiction, friendship, grief, love, murder, obsession, police drama, prostitution, Psychological fiction, psychopath, revenge, review, serial killer, sisters, thriller, trafficking
Silent Death by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #2
Two years ago, five women went missing. Last year, ten disappeared. Both times, it happened in December. Now it’s December again, and five more have vanished. To social worker, Madison Taylor, the women are not only her clients. They are her friends. Despite the recent discovery of the remains of five females, the police continue to be unhelpful because of the lifestyle the missing … Read More Silent Death by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #2
+ fiction, germany, Historical fiction, holocaust, love, nazi germany, prostitution, review, war, World War Two, WW2
Fireweed by Richard Vaughan Davies Guest Post
It’s Hamburg in 1947 and young British lawyer Adam is posted to the destroyed city to assist in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals — an exhausting, soul-destroying and demoralising task. He starts to visit the Lion House brothel, where he falls in love with Rose, an aristocratic German girl forced to work as a prostitute during a time of strict anti-fraternisation rules. Rose … Read More Fireweed by Richard Vaughan Davies Guest Post
+ alcoholism, childhood, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, obsession, prostitution, relationships, review
The Misadventures of Margaret Finch by Claire McGlasson
Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch – a rather demure young woman – has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation. Then, her path is crossed by the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey (aka Harold Davidson), who is the subject of a national scandal. Margaret is determined to discover the truth behind the headlines: is Davidson a maligned hero or an … Read More The Misadventures of Margaret Finch by Claire McGlasson
+ brothers, crime fiction, Detective novel, Edinburgh, fiction, kidnapping, murder, police corruption, police drama, police procedural, prostitution, psychopath, revenge, review, Scotland, thriller, trafficking
Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
Hunter by name – Hunter by nature. Can DI Hunter Wilson keep Edinburgh safe when he is the hunted? Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is woken in the early hours of the morning by a call from his son. Cameron’s flatmate has been murdered. Why would anybody want to kill a young woman recently arrived in the city? #HuntersForce @valeriepenny @SpellBoundBks @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours Hunter must call in … Read More Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
+ brothers, crime fiction, Detective novel, family, fiction, friendship, haunting, Historical fiction, kidnapping, literature, London, love, murder, police corruption, prostitution, revenge, review, secrets, sisters
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her … Read More Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, murder, murder mystery, police corruption, police drama, police procedural, prostitution, review, serial killer
Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds
When a young woman makes a distressing middle-of-the-night call to 911, apparently running for her life in a quiet, exclusive beachside neighbourhood, miles from her home, everything suggests a domestic incident. Except no one has seen her since, and something doesn’t sit right with the officers at Hampstead County PD. With multiple suspects and witnesses throwing up startling inconsistencies, and interference from the top … Read More Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds
+ civil rights, fiction, folklore, Historical fiction, love, murder, prostitution, racism, rape, religion, review, serial killer, sisterhood, slavery, superstition, Voodoo
Love in a Time of Hate by Matthew Langdon Cost
“A Voodoo ritual?” Emmett stared dumbly at her. A young man from Maine fights for social equality in New Orleans after the Civil War while pursuing a murderer of prostitutes, becoming enmeshed in voodoo, and falling in love. “Education is the tool that makes us all equal, whether we are Black, white, Indian, woman, or man,” Manon said. #LoveInATimeOfHate @MattCost8 @annecater @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours Much like Louisiana’s … Read More Love in a Time of Hate by Matthew Langdon Cost
+ abuse, child abuse, childhood, family, fiction, loss, prostitution, Psychological fiction, relationships, revenge, review, secrets, sisters, thriller
The Secret Sister by M.M. DeLuca
Some secrets won’t stay buried… There are things I want to tell my husband, Guy, about my past. I want to tell him how I bounced from foster home to foster home. I want to tell him that living with him is the first time I’ve ever felt safe and loved. Most of all, I want to tell him about my little sister, who … Read More The Secret Sister by M.M. DeLuca
+ adventure, crime fiction, fiction, murder, murder mystery, police corruption, prostitution, review, thriller, writing
The Heat by Sean O’Leary
Jake is a loner who works nights in a Darwin motel and lives at the YMCA. He’s in love with Angel, a Thai prostitute who works out of the low-rent Shark Motel. #TheHeat #SeanOLeary @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours Facebook @damppebblesblogtours A vicious murder turns Jake’s life into a nightmare. He must fight for his life on the heat-soaked streets of Darwin and Bangkok in the wet season, to … Read More The Heat by Sean O’Leary
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