Mailbox Monday

It's Mailbox Monday! Mailbox Monday gathers together for readers the books that came into the house last week. (feel free to share yours) Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.
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I guess I told you about most of what came in last week.

POISON by Sara Poole -- historical mystery, perhaps the start of a new series

THE VIOGNIER VENDETTA by Ellen Crosby

I also received from paperbackswap.com, the first book in the historical series by Pat McIntosh, THE HARPER'S QUINE. It features Gil Cunningham, a notary in 15th century Glasgow, Scotland. I've read this one already but I've been meaning to get to the other six books in the series.

I'm currently reading INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS by Imogen Roberts. This is first of two in series featuring Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther in 1780 West Sussex, England. Here is a description:

Thornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates its surroundings. Its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, but its power endures. Impulsive Harriet Westerman has felt the Hall’s menace long before she happens upon a dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. The grim discovery cries out for justice, and she persuades reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to her cause, much against his better udgement; he knows a dark path lies before those who stray from society’s expectations. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead back to Sussex, and an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family and threatens many others.

It was published in the UK in 2009 and has 384 pages. It just jumped out and at me after being in the TBR pile for many moons and said "Read me now!" You can't fight that.

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster