![]() ![]() If you’re a fellow historical suspense enthusiast, keep reading for some wonderful books. ![]() And what better way to escape than to run away to a different time period entirely? Three-quarters of the planet’s population at the very least, must have wanted to do just that since the beginning of 2020. It does not take much effort to come up with an educated guess about the reasons for this newfound popularity – and why it has occurred, more or less, at the same time as the rise of trends as dissimilar as vampire fiction, Game of Thrones–esque fantasy, and cottagecore: humans have always needed escapism, but the past few decades have really increased this need. Veronica has just buried her spinster aunt, her last living guardian, and she’s ready for another adventure. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb.But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Combining many of my favorite things (puzzles to solve, history to learn about, and settings that enable me to travel without leaving my couch or building a time machine? I am beyond all in), the genre has grown exponentially over the years, to the point where it has even become conflated with historical mystery – a similar genre for sure, but not identical. A Curious Beginning is the launch of Raybourn’s newest series featuring amateur sleuth, adventuress, lepidopterist, and lover of foreign men, Miss Veronica Speedwell. ![]() ![]() Historical suspense has been a favored genre of mine since I first read The Name of the Rose as a teenager. ![]()
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