Where Darkness Dwells by Cheryl Rees-Price
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

2005 Two 15 year old girls go missing. In the present day two missing person investigators are looking into the cases. But then one of them is murdered. DI Meadows and his team investigate.
An enjoyable modern mystery

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The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Windsor Castle 2016. The Queen has a few guests for a dine and sleep when one of the guests is discovered dead. The Queen with the help of her APS Rozie Oshopi steer the investigation in the right direction.
An entertaining modern mystery

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The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

At the Guest House of the Grange owned by Colonel Standish a death occurs. That of Dr Septimius Depping. Coupled with strange happenings at the Grangs, Dr Gideon Fell decides to investigate.
An entertaining historical mystery

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A Second Chance in Somerset by Meg Osborne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Persuasion variation where Charles and Mary Musgrove decide to become matchmakers to Anne Elliot when she arrives at Uppercross. Meanwhile Captain Wentworth has arrived at Kellynch Hall to stay with his sister.
An enjoyable story

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Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1903 Thebes. Associating with Colonel Bellimgham and his daughter Dolly brings the Emersons and their family in contact with the body of a murdered female and a murderer.
An entertaining historical mystery

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The Wetlands: A Lancashire Detective Mystery by J.J. Richards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The body of a 81 year old man is found in Mertin Mere. Is there a link between this and a body found several weeks earlier in a Nature Reserve. DCI Walker and his team investigate. Then it's takes an unsuspected turn.
And entertaining and well-written modern mystery

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The Salton Killings by Sally Spencer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1958 Salton. The body of fifteen year old Diane Thorburn is discovered in the local salt store. DCI Charlie Woodend is called in to investigate with his new DS, Rutter. But is there a connection between this murder and the deaths a few years earlier.
An entertaining historical mystery

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