There has been an abundance of sapphic historical fiction in the last year, especially those that centre an isolated nunnery/convent with something untoward happening. The Starving Saints and The Unworthy are likely to be the most well-known, but there is another that was published in summer 2025 set in the medieval British countryside with an eerie folk horror simmeringRead More
A Cult in the Woods—Or Worse? The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Audre doesn’t fit well in the conservative small town to which she’s moved. She’s from New York City. She’s a lesbian. She’s a determined skeptic. And she’s the daughter of an occult researcher and a mortician. So when the preacher’s daughter, Elle, disappears, suspicion falls on Audre’s family. She works to findRead More
Megan Casey Reviews All the Muscle You Need by Diana McRae
This, the only novel featuring Eliza Pirex, is surprisingly good. And for a surprising number of reasons. The writing is good, the mystery engaging, and the characters interesting. But that’s just for starters. The best part may be that it is the most realistic description of being a private investigator that I can remember. Eliza,Read More