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Victorians on Vacation

Updated on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

The Victorian era was a time of sweeping change. Advances in science and medicine, industry, commerce, transportation meant life was constantly changing. One of the advances eagerly embraced was the …

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Impression, Sunrise' (1872), by Claude Monet, Musée Marmottan Monet
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder History Research

150 Years of Impressionism

Updated on May 15, 2024May 15, 2024

Bal du Moulin de la Galette, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Musee d’Orsay Everyone knows Paris is hosting the Olympics this summer but there’s another event Paris is celebrating this year. It’s the …

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History Research Royal family

Queen Victoria’s Drawing Room

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

In my upcoming book, A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder, Frances agrees to do a favor for a friend and present her niece to the queen. Court presentations ended …

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Crime History Research

A Not so Kinder, Gentler Time

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023

I was a presenting author at Tucson Festival of Books a couple of weeks ago. The topics of the two panels I was on involved heinous crimes from history and …

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History Victorian holiday

A Very Victorian Holiday

Updated on March 9, 2023December 15, 2022

Happy Holidays! I don’t know about you, but this is one of the busiest times of the year for me, so I’m giving myself a break and reposting a blog …

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An arial view of the Paris exposition site
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Research Trip!

Updated on March 18, 2023November 15, 2022

By the time A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder came out in 2018, I had already done enough research to plot three books. At the time, I didn’t know …

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History Royal family

The Enduring Royal Family

Updated on March 9, 2023September 16, 2022

I’ve never been a royals watcher, but I do have a lot of respect for Queen Elizabeth II and the fact that she devoted 70 years of her life to …

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History

The Gilded Age

Updated on March 18, 2023March 15, 2022

Have you been watching The Gilded Age? For those who haven’t, it’s a series about the ultra-wealthy and the ultra-elite in 1882 New York City. I’ve heard several people complain …

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History

A Debut in the Middle of a Feud

Updated on March 18, 2023September 15, 2021

I’m preparing for back surgery this week and time constraints have me reblogging a post from 2019. Oddly enough, a year after I posted this, I began plotting book 5, …

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  • An Author’s Work is Never Done
  • George and Frances Roll the Dice!
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