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Oct 8, 2024 | 
gwinnettdailypost.com | Vanessa Riley |Darian Lusk |Peachtree Ridge |Central Gwinnett
Jeopardy! contestant Andrew Miller came in third place on Tuesday, October 8’s episode, but he held his own and personally triumphed over a serious visual impairment. The auto claims adjuster from Bristol, Connecticut, faced off against returning champ Mark Fitzpatrick and Gino Montoya.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
msgrnews.com | Vanessa Riley
Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) has announced 2023 Georgia Author of the Year Vanessa Riley as its Meet the Author presenter for May, discussing her new novel, Queen of Exiles, based on the true story of Haiti’s only queen.“You may not know Queen Marie-Louise Christophe, but once you have met her, you won’t forget her,” No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult said.“Vanessa Riley’s… To access content, please login or purchase a subscription.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
kingsriverlife.com | Vanessa Riley |Cynthia Chow |Sandra Murphy |Joan Leotta
by Cynthia Chow, Sandra Murphy & Joan LeottaAs 2023 winds down, we are busy playing catchup with mysteries we have not yet had the chance to review. Here are four more delightful mysteries-Murder Uncorked by Maddie Day, Spoon To Be Dead: A Shake Shop Mystery by Dana Mentink, Knitmare On Beech Street by Peggy Ehrhart, and Murder in Drury Lane By Vanessa Riley.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
sistersletter.com | Jina DuVernay |Briana Cole |Vanessa Riley |Tananarive Due
If you like things that go bump in the night, you will enjoy these spooky books. These new scary stories are smart, witty, and will have you holding your breath and bracing yourself with every turn of the page. Some of our most gifted storytellers have concocted spine-chilling tales just the way you like them.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
kansascity.com | Vanessa Riley
Lady Abigail Worthing rarely does what she's told. The Regency-era baroness who narrates Vanessa Riley's "Murder in Drury Lane" has a privileged life - an elegant townhouse in Westminster with a full staff of servants, a doting godfather who is among London's most powerful men, a lady of leisure's social schedule. Some in her circle advise her to be content with that. But Lady Worthing cannot resist a mystery.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
sacbee.com | Vanessa Riley
Lady Abigail Worthing rarely does what she’s told. The Regency-era baroness who narrates Vanessa Riley’s “Murder in Drury Lane” has a privileged life — an elegant townhouse in Westminster with a full staff of servants, a doting godfather who is among London’s most powerful men, a lady of leisure’s social schedule. Some in her circle advise her to be content with that. But Lady Worthing cannot resist a mystery.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
tampabay.com | Vanessa Riley
Lady Abigail Worthing rarely does what she’s told. The Regency-era baroness who narrates Vanessa Riley’s “Murder in Drury Lane” has a privileged life — an elegant townhouse in Westminster with a full staff of servants, a doting godfather who is among London’s most powerful men, a lady of leisure’s social schedule. Some in her circle advise her to be content with that. But Lady Worthing cannot resist a mystery.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Vanessa Riley
Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the ton’s judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition—and her fears that someone from her past wants her permanently silenced.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Vanessa Riley
Lady Abigail Worthington has had her house broken into, and she fears for her life. Her husband is away traveling, and no one has seen anything, or why someone would do this. For relief, she attends her Drury Lane theater for a show, nothing makes her feel better that this.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
historicalnovelsociety.org | Bywater Books |Lara Byrne |Vanessa Riley |Alana White
Hayti (Haiti) became a sovereign nation in 1804, free of slavery, after defeating Napoleon’s forces. The formerly enslaved now rule the new nation. In 1811 amidst continuing political unrest, King Henry Christophe sets up a monarchy modeled after European royal courts. Henry’s vision for Hayti was to raise it to a distinguished nation under Black rule, respected by the white nations of the world. But he never gains the respect of his subjects, who feared and disliked him.
