The Brampton Witch Murders by Ellis Blackwood
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

1666 Maid servant Abigail Harcourt, and protégé Jacob Standish are sent by Pepys to Brampton to save his sister Paulina from the threat of being called a witch.
An enjoyable historical mystery

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The Head In The Ice: A Bowman Of The Yard Investigation by Richard James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A head of a young woman is found in the ice of the Thames. Newly released from an asylum D.I. George Bowman and his team investigate. Then another body is found.
An entertaining historical mystery. A good start to this series

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Death of a Long-Lost Son by P.F. Ford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A skeleton of a young boy is discovered in a ditch, probably dying between 10 and 15 years ago. But then another skeleton is found the same ditch. DI Slater and his team investigate.
An enjoyable modern mystery though they did seem a bit slow on the uptake

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The Price of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Featuring a Marriage of Convenience Between Elizabeth And Darcy by Katherine Horne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Pride and Prejudice variation where Darcy must marry before reaching 30. But he has rejected dozens of suitable ladies. At 26 and with unmanageable Longbourn debts, with her three sisters unmarried, Elizabeth Bennet offers herself.
An entertaining and well-written story

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Corpse Path Cottage by Margaret Scutt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Writer Mark Endicott moved to the village of God's Blessing expecting peace and quiet. Unfortunately for him that does not happen and soon there is a murdet.
An entertaining modern mystery

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The Seventh Proposal: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Cathleen Earle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A Pride and Prejudice variation where Elizabeth is constantly overly cheerful and Darcy much too romantic. Very little angst. Rushed through to see when the Colonel would met Mary. That romance was very disappointing written - just one sentence
Overall an enjoyable story

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Lovely Digits: A Clun Mystery Book 1 by Jeanine Englert
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Clun, Shropshire 1849. The new constable, John Brodie, has the death of two females to investigate. He employes the lying-in female, Lucy Wycliffe, to help. But what secret does he hid.
An entertaining historical mystery

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