Fiona Brichaut, Author at BelEdit Book Reviews

Early Morning Riser

Shines with intelligence and warmth. Beautifully written exploration of love, marriage and the meaning of fidelity.

Atmospheric mystery set in 1399 in a French convent. Featuring feminist writer Christine de Pizan, who really worked under King Charles VI.

A rich, engrossing novel about women’s lives, abusive relationships, lifelong trauma, and speaking out.

Politics, religion, commerce and science collide in this intriguing, fast-paced historical mystery set in London in 1640. First of a trilogy.

Oops! Minutes after helping Albert Cann commit suicide, Felix Pink realizes that the wrong man is dead. Police are already on the way.

The love story of a fictional couple serves as an argument for enlightened romantic pessimism: don’t marry for love, marry someone you like.

A wonderfully written, bawdy, vivid, thrilling romp set to a backdrop of plague, fire, brothels and playhouses.

Murder at the Ritz is a well-written, well-paced police procedural set in London in 1940, to the backdrop of blackouts and German bombings.

Moonflower Murders is a marvelous, intriguing, page-turning, fun puzzle that’s fiendishly complex yet very readable.

Legacy of Death has all the ingredients of a 19th century sensational mystery novel, with a 21st century ethos and style. Book 2 in a series.