Palace of Justice by Susanne Alleyn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

October 1793 Paris and the first decapitated body is found. An police agent Ravel is instructed to quietly determine the murderer. Difficult when there seems to be no pattern to the killings. And with the backdrop of the continuing revolution, regicide, and the mass guillotining of people for minor crimes.
Immensely satisfying read (and in places sad), with characters wonderfully drawn out.

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Death in Disguise by Alison Joseph
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

In 1920's Agatha Christie is now divorced and living in London where she is invited by an old friend Patrick Standbridge to a variety show where during the show a body of one of the artists is found. Will this be a start of a murder spree, what was the motive. Is the murder to clever for their own good. Her musings about her own writing lead her to investigate.
An entertaining mystery with a writing style that I liked.
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Harrington Manor by Ronald M. James
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

1920's California the sons of Colonel Harrington have become increasingly desperate to take over his organisation so that it can be sold and they can live like gentlemen. Then the Colonel is found dead. It's up to Detective Snipes to determine the guilty party(s).
Didn't really care much for the writing style, it didn't really flow for me, or any of the characters, the mystery itself was okay, but I didn't really care who did it.
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Murder Will Out by Alison Joseph
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

1920's and Agatha Christie has settled in the English countryside with her family writing her next book. When she is pulled into a murder at the vicarage - Cecil Coates, a young man has been poisoned. Due to her successful writing her friends believe she can solve the mystery. But can she before another murder takes place and also unravel the secrets that the village is hiding
As a first book in a series it was entertaining, whether there will be more character development I wait and see; or whether Christie will move away where multiple murders is more plausible. than a small village.

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Knowledge of Sins Past by Lexie Conyngham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In the early nineteenth century Charles Murray is now the secretary to Lord Scoggie, and tutor to his two young sons at Scoggie Castle in Fife.
The scenes are set and the story unfolded quite a way into the book before the first death, where we have a parish divided into farmers and fishermen who dislike each other, and into this mix comes the war hero Major Keynes. How many secrets can be discovered,
A lovely tale with well-rounded characters.

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The Lammas Curse by Anna Lord
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In Scotland, 1899 the Lammermoor Golf Course is holding a tournament but when 3 bodies have been found the Countess takes an interest. Soon she and Dr. Watson are on there way north. But these are not the last of the deaths and what is the real motive behind them. Carrying on straight from the first story in the series, I enjoyed this one as well. Getting to like the Countess and Watson is a solid character behind her.

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Money Ain't Nothing by Jason Blacker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

An enjoyable short story introduction to detective Anthony Carrick who is employed by Mrs Marlene Greenlaub to look into the death of her 19 year old son.
Shall need to investigate the next in the series.

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