Anty Boisjoly takes on his twistiest test to date in a tale of curses and crows, crypts and conspiracies, concealed corridors and clever crimes, delivered with a generous overpour of locked room mu…| Swords & Spectres
10 posts published by swordsandspectres during January 2025| Swords & Spectres
Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the 16th and 17th centuries – with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and… Continue reading How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Ruth Goodman| Swords & Spectres
A world abandoned by the gods, mystifying cosmic forces, unimaginable power for those willing to ascend, and a hero who would rather . . . go fishing??? When summoned to a fantastical world and gra…| Swords & Spectres
Brief Description from their website: The Explorers Podcast focuses on the great explorers in history. We look at the lives and accomplishments of some of the most extraordinary people the world ha…| Swords & Spectres
Please note, the post’s main picture is not a picture of the accident. Just a stock photo. I’ve been a bit absent recently, and may be for another week or so. On Monday the 21st of July…| Swords & Spectres
5 posts published by swordsandspectres during May 2025| Swords & Spectres
Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous… Continue reading The Devils by Joe Abercrombie – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
Nobody liked Colonel Protheroe. So when he’s found dead in the vicarage study, there’s no absence of suspects in the seemingly peaceful village of St Mary Mead. In fact, Jane Marple can think of at least seven. As gossip abounds in the parlours and kitchens of the parish, everyone becomes an amateur detective. The police… Continue reading The Murder At The Vicarage by Agatha Christie – A Book Review| Swords & Spectres
As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring — and popular — weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But… Continue reading A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
Drekki Flynt is in trouble…again. Believed lost after falling into the deadly maelstrom known as the Eye of Testudinous, Evtorr, one of Flynt’s old crew, is found alive and well. Kind of. He’s raving mad, won’t shut up about the fabled Dead Air, and worse, shadowy assassins from Ulgu seem dead set on making sure… Continue reading The Ghosts of Barak-Minoz by Guy Haley – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
How to be a Victorian – a time traveller’s guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC’s Ruth Goodman. We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a com…| Swords & Spectres
1920s Laugh-out-loud Christmas Cosy Anty Boisjoly unwraps the peculiar case of the war hero who visits old friends on Christmas morning — after being murdered on Christmas Eve. In The Case of the G…| Swords & Spectres
Book and audiobook reviewer to the fantastic, the spooky and the far-out| Swords & Spectres
5 posts published by swordsandspectres during April 2025| Swords & Spectres
4 posts published by swordsandspectres during June 2025| Swords & Spectres
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn’t win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little bl…| Swords & Spectres
Anty Boisjoly is back to fill the gap that overlaps between Ruth Rendell and PG Wodehouse, and where Jerome K Jerome meets Dorothy L Sayers. The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine is another mystifying, …| Swords & Spectres
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with…| Swords & Spectres
It’s rare that I refuse to finish any book, no matter how much I’m struggling to enjoy it. But these past couple of years I’ve suddenly decided that time isn’t something we …| Swords & Spectres
We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts. The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful, there’s barely a written note f…| Swords & Spectres
I had a pretty nice thing going where I got the bulk of my content written on my breaks at work (very physical job which leaves me too tired most evenings, when I’m not busy in said evenings,…| Swords & Spectres
A peculiar crime. A brilliant investigator. A mystery of epic proportions.In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead – killed when a tree spontaneously …| Swords & Spectres
Hi all, As the title suggests, I’m keen on Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror recs, as I have two audible credits to burn and nothing to burn them on. Ideally, for Fantasy, I’d prefer it if it …| Swords & Spectres
There is something lurking in the trees…. A winter storm has buried North Dakota in snow and ice. With accidents being reported across the region, Deputy Ron Weller must patrol along the main…| Swords & Spectres
In a world where anyone can create life-destroying curses, only one person has the power to unravel them. Kellen does not fully understand his talent, but uses it to help those who have been cursed…| Swords & Spectres
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history’s truly great stories – a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order – and…| Swords & Spectres
Please be aware, this review will contain heavy spoilers The seventh in our little Fairy Tale review marathon is ‘The Good Bargain’. The Good Bargain – 1 star I’ll start off by saying t…| Swords & Spectres
It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He’s made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story inv…| Swords & Spectres
Please be aware, this review will contain heavy spoilers The sixth in our little Fairy Tale review marathon is ‘Faithful John. Faithful John – 1 star I’ll start off by saying that so much wei…| Swords & Spectres
It’s raining in Liscor. The spring rains have come and Liscor’s entire geography changes with the dawning of the new year. The Floodplains of Liscor live up to their name, and the only …| Swords & Spectres
It is 1884, and when a fellow landlady finds her lodger poisoned, Mrs. Hudson turns to Sherlock Holmes. The police suspect the landlady of murder, but Mrs. Hudson insists that her friend is innocen…| Swords & Spectres
Please be aware, this review will contain heavy spoilers The fifth in our little Fairy Tale review marathon is ‘The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids’. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids – 4 stars …| Swords & Spectres
Please be aware, this review will contain heavy spoilers The fourth in our little Fairy Tale review marathon is ‘The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was’. The Story of the Yout…| Swords & Spectres
Author: Cherie Priest Narrator: T. Ryder Smith Publisher: Recorded Books Running Time: 9hrs 24mins (333 pages on Kindle) Genre: Horror My Rating of ‘The Toll’: 2 out of 5 Purchase: Audi…| Swords & Spectres
Brought to you by Its Majesty’s Government. Greatest Britain: For a Global Universe. Agent Isaac Steele has problems. He spends all his splibs on drink and drugs. He has some deep-seated and very m…| Swords & Spectres
Clowns, Goblins, and Erin Solstice. Not all in the same place, mind you. Erin Solstice trusts a lot of people—even some lost Redfangs survivors of Esthelm—but can she handle being friends with Gobl…| Swords & Spectres
More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and out…| Swords & Spectres
The definitive history of the Vikings – from arts and culture to politics and cosmology – by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age – from 750 to 1…| Swords & Spectres
Winter has come to the world, and still, Erin Solstice has no idea how she came to be an [Innkeeper]. Erin is running an inn outside the city of Liscor, but she’s no longer alone. Ryoka Griffin, th…| Swords & Spectres
Two mighty empires are at war – and both will lose, with thousands of planets falling to the extinction event called the Scour. At least that’s what the artificial intelligence known as…| Swords & Spectres
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written. The gre…| Swords & Spectres
William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition to find the fabled Open Polar Sea, in which his men only survived by eating their comrades, he returned in disgrace…| Swords & Spectres
