The Printed Page

If you’ve stopped by lately you might have noticed that posting is almost non-existent but reading has gone over the top. I swear I’m logging on every day or every other day to update the ‘Just finished…’  box on the side bar. And you may have noticed that some of June’s and most of July’s books were either a favorite author and/or favorite series. Review books are down to less than a trickle which means I’ve been able to devote my time to some serious pleasure reading and moving books into the archive folder on my Kindle. Day 6 of August brings book #6 for this month and #100 for the year.

The Queene’s Christmas draws readers into the magnificent realm of Elizabeth Tudor and the magic of her Court at Yuletide, circa 1564. But in the intoxicating sixth novel of Karen Harper’s celebrated Elizabeth I series, the Twelve Days of Christmas are murderously interrupted when the Dresser of the Queen’s Privy Kitchen is found hanged and trussed like the peacock he’d been fashioning for the holiday feast. With foul play afoot in her Court, Elizabeth does her royal utmost to track down the poor man’s killer while striving to salvage the joy of Christmas. Doomed to suspect even her most trusted courtiers, she is nevertheless determined to vanquish the Christmas culprit-who will not only strike again but has targeted Her Majesty as his ultimate prey.