Drood by Dan Simmons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1865 Charles Dickens is involved in a train crash near Staplehurst. In the wreckage he meets Drood and his life becomes entwined with him, and continues with Wilkie Collins.
An interestingand enjoyable story

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Moment on the Edge, A: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women – A First-Rate Anthology of Mystery and Suspense by Elizabeth George
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Includes
1. St Patrick's Day in the morning - Charlotte Armstrong playwright Michael Brown helps a drunk female in a bar
2. The purple is everything - Dorothy Davis - During a fire Mary Gardner takes her favourite painting from the Institute
3. Money to Burn - Margery Allingham (1957)- Why dies a debt collector burn the money.
4. Irony of hate - Ruth Rendell - why the husband killed Brenda Goring
5. Wild Mustard - Marcia Muller - (1984) p.i.Sharon McCone is concerned about an old Japanese lady.
6. Jemina Shore at the Sunny Grave - Antonia Fraser - sent to make a programme she encounters murder instead
7. The case of the Pietro Andromache - Sara Paretsky - a stolen alabaster and a murder
8. Afraid All the Time - N. Packard- What is the result of Jane Baum being afraid all the time
9. A predatory woman - S. McCrumb - A child killer is released
10. Jack be Quick - Barbara Paul - Jack the Riper from poverty of Beatrice Wickham, wife of a vicar.
11. New Moon and Rattlesnakes - w.Hornsby - Lise has a plan but will it work
12. Death of a Snowbird - J.A.Jance - the effect of the discovery of an ancient pot
13. The River Mouth - L. Jance - What does it produce
14. A scandal in Winter- G.Linscott - can Holmes solve the death of Mr McEvoy of the pre ious year
15. English Autumn - American Fall - M.Walters - The American Newbergs take a holiday
Enjoyable short stories

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The Cliffs of Hertfordshire by Wade H. Mann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In this Pride and Prejudice variation - what if at the Netherfield Ball, Mary Bennet and Darcy collided - literally. What if that was Mary's breaking point after all the years suffering, emotional and mental abuse from all the family, while living as a Bennet, and she went straight over her personal cliff and left Meryton. What if it was found out that both Kitty and Lydia were 'increasing'. This is that story.
Overall this is such an enjoyable story. Another entertaining re-read. Another -re-read.

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Requiem by Lucrezia*
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A modern and long Pride and Prejudice variation which is not my usual read. But I enjoyed the story and especially the pairing of Mary Bennet. Though I would have liked more about them.
An entertaining story

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The Ghost Fleet Murders: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery by Anna Elliott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

August 1942. A busy time for the Crofter's Green's sleuths as a body of a female is discovered in the area, and is there a danger that the 'Ghost Fleet' is about to be exposed to the Germans. Also is there a double agent working in the local ENSA group. They are sent to investigate.
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery with its cast of very likeable and interesting characters. Another good addition to this enjoyable series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Death by Jewels by Shiv Saywack
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1951 Alexandra Raven, p.i. is hired is negotiate the buying of a diamond necklace once owned by a Tzarina. Her client Russian Elena Volkov. But she is not the only one looking for the necklace. Soon there are murders .
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery. Another good addition to this enjoyable series.

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50 First Impressions: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Speck
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

In this Pride and Prejudice variation, Darcy states his usual borish comments at the Meryton assembly but meeting Elizabeth the next morning she has forgiven him, until she has an accident, and loses her memory. A memory which is reset everyday. While behaves as a rake. Colonel Fitzwilliam was not at first likeable but he redeemed himself with his marriage - the only reason for 3 stars
Why did no-one walk with Elizabeth each morning or make sure she read her diary before leaving the house
Some crude language.

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