A Spear of Summer Grass

from 4leschats

Delilah Drummond has created one scandal too many with her refusal to return the jewels of her third husband after his suicide. To quiet the scandal, her family sends her to Africa to stay at Fairlight, the estate of her stepfather. Upon her arrival, she witnesses one Brit horsewhipping another o...

from thehidingspot

All the stars!!! There is almost too much to say about Deanna Raybourn's newest novel, A Spear of Summer Grass. I've enjoyed her writing before, in her Lady Julia Gray mystery novels, but, as much as I loved those novel and recommend them to fellow readers regularly, this novel has stolen my hear...

from eyes.2c

'Africa...the very word conjured a spell for me.' ...so mused Delilah, and the working of the spell is mighty. (...and can I just say that this novel cast a spell over me). As Tusker says to Delilah, 'you've already got a taste for Africa, child. You won't be satisfied with anything less.' Kenya ...

from lauhlman

This was an absolutely wonderful read. Deanna Raybourn is a very talented author who time after time hooks her readers with superbly developed characters. I have enjoyed the Lady Grey novels and wasn't sure that the time period change would keep me interested, but I was very pleased that I was wr...

from MinDaf

I have to say I had not had the pleasure of reading any of Deanna Raybourn's work in the past. When I won a copy of A Spear of Summer Grass from goodreads, I was excited to try her work. Ms. Raybourn is a very talented writer that transported me to Africa with her descriptions and characters. I r...