This week I finished the final two books that my panel authors will be discussion at Malice Domestic. I always enjoy finding new authors.

The first book I read was The Murderess Must Die by Marlie Wasserman.

This is a fictionalized account of a true crime. Martha Place was accused of the murder of her stepdaughter Ida and the attack with an axe on her husband William, She was poorly represented by counsel and became the first woman to be executed via the electric chair. Horrifying and Thought provoking.

The second book is one that I read when it was first released: Death at the Emerald by R.J. Koreto.

This is the third in the Lady Frances Folks Edwardian mysteries. Frances Is asked by Lady Torrance to look for her daughter Louisa, who ran away to become an actress. I really hope the author pens a few more in this series. Beautiful written and charming.