2016 mystery, third in its series. DI Edgar Stephens and his old wartime colleage the magician Max Mephisto are called in to solve the killing of their own old boss. There are cryptic clues, one of which seems to point to the imminent coronation of Elizabeth II.
2023 SF. Destry is a terraformer on the planet Sask-E, which over thousands of years is being made into a luxury resort by the company. Then an anomaly shows up…
2021 SF, last of its trilogy that's also a sequel to the Indranan War series. Empress Hailimi prepares for the big fight against the godlike aliens.
2021 historical mystery; second in Baker's Anna Fairweather series (1920s amateur detection). Mrs Montford, recuperating after the death of her husband, takes Anna to Brighton, where Anna helps pull a drowning woman out of the sea—too late, alas.
2020 SF/romance novella, last of its trilogy. Queen Samara and Emperor Valentin go to a neutral space station for a meeting with the military commander who's been trying to kill them both. Everyone knows it's a trap…
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved searching matrices and raising array elements. (Note that this ends today.)
Fifth, roughly, of Tey's novels of Inspector Alan Grant, but not detective fiction in the conventional sense. Stuck on his back in hospital after being injured on the job, Grant becomes bored, and finds himself looking into the murder of the Princes in the Tower.
2018 near-future suspense; first in a series. Dr Janet Watson lost an arm in the civil war; the substandard replacement won't let her go back to work as a surgeon. So while she waits in DC she's in the market for a roommate…
2019 science fiction, first in the new Time Police sub-series in the Chronicles of St Mary's continuity (time travel). Three new recruits join the Time Police…
2015 historical mystery; fourth in Huber's Lady Darby series (post-Regency amateur detection). While Lady Darby is lodging in Edinburgh with her pregnant sister, one of he portrait subjects drops dead, apparently of an "apoplexy".
2019 SF/romance, fourth of of its series. Lucy Harris has also been kidnapped from Earth into an alien civilisation…
1980 horror, fourth in Saberhagen's loose Dracula series. "Mr Thorn" is out to get hold of a painting from the 1400s, and other people are foolish enough to get in his way.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved sequence testing and splitting. (Note that this ends today.)
2019 SF, second of its trilogy that's also a sequel to the Indranan War series. Believing almost all her advisors and friends dead, Empress Hailimi does her best to work towards peace rather than the big battle everyone else seems to want.
More gaming with some nearby friends.
2015 mystery, second in its series. DI Edgar Stephens works reluctantly with the magician Max Mephisto, this time on a case of missing children.
2019 SF/romance novella, second of a trilogy. Queen Samara is visiting Emperor Valentin to try to help him find the traitor among his advisors.
2010 fantasy, first in a series. Tanyth Fairport is a travelling herbalist, planning to learn all she can before writing a book about it. Then the villagers she's visiting ask for her help.
2006 TV tie-in science fiction. The Stargate team from Atlantis explores a new planet…
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved list comparisons and rearangements. (Note that this ends today.)
1958 police procedural, sixth in the 87th Precinct series. A blackmailer is shot in a drive-by; the 87th has to find out which of his victims did it.
2021 SF, eleventh of its series. Roslyn Chambers is now a battlecruiser's XO, but not for long…
2019 fantasy. The Quest is over; the magic gem destroyed the Old God, cured the king, and ushered in peace and happiness for everyone. But Apprentice Knight Kalanthe still needs to find a rich husband to pay back the cost of her training, and Olsa still needs to steal for a living even though she's bought herself free of her obligation to the Thief Bosses.
2016 SF/romance, third of of its series. Imogen Peters has also been kidnapped from Earth into an alien civilisation…
Back to the boardgame café.
2023 short science fiction novel, seventh in the Murderbot series. After the events of Network Effect, Murderbot continues to help the Preservation mission to an alien-remnant-infected planet.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved series multiplication and text fitting. (Note that this ends today.)
2018 fantasy, second of a pair. The motley band send to deal with the "clocktaur" invaders has got as far as the city they come from. But some of them have history there…
2018 SF, first of a trilogy that's also a sequel to the Indranan War series. Empress Hailimi is trying to keep her empire out of the war between two lots of highly advanced aliens… but why do all the factions want her working for them?
2019 science fiction, tenth in the Chronicles of St Mary's series (time travel). Time to deal with a problem once and for all.