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Wednesday, 30 September 2026

One Last Chance: to begin againOne Last Chance: to begin again by A.L. Ward
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Pride and Prejudice variation where on the way back from Hunsford to London, Darcy arrives in Meryton months earlier. He is back at his arrival at Netherfield. How will the past events impact on his behaviour and the Bennet family especially.
An entertaining and well-written variation

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Tuesday, 29 September 2026

The Heir of Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Sweet Standalone Pride and Prejudice Variations)The Heir of Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Beatrice Langford
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A Pride and Prejudice variation where Mr Bennet without an explanation leaves Longbourn. But what happens when this absence last for many months.
An enjoyable story

(The first part of their journey........ - no Meryton is north of London and so is Pemberley, there is no need to go through London. So fed up reading stories that state that Mary reads Fordyce's sermons.)

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In the Eyes of Lord Lingley: a Pride and Prejudice ContinuationIn the Eyes of Lord Lingley: a Pride and Prejudice Continuation by A.L. Ward
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Pride and Prejudice variation where at the Darcy and Bingley wedding Lord Lingley becomes aware of a very very much maligned Mary Bennet. Not just by all her family but the neighbourhood as well. So what will he do.
An enjoyable story with very awful Bennet parents.

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Monday, 28 September 2026

The Case of the Baker Street IrregularsThe Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Holmes story is to be made into a film which results in five experts in the Holmes story to be hired as consultants. With strange happenings and a death Inspectors Finch and Jackson investigate.
An entertaining historical mystery

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The Folly: A Murder Mystery (The Fane and Blackwood Mysteries Book 4)The Folly: A Murder Mystery by AG Barnett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1926. Fane is invited to a garden party to reveal a hermitage, of a family he does not know. In the afternoon the hermit is shot dead. With the Sergeant and Nell, Blackwood investigates.
An entertaining historical mystery

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Sunday, 27 September 2026

Fortuna's Deadly Shadow (Inspector Chard Mysteries)Fortuna's Deadly Shadow by Leslie Scase
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

1895 Two years after a fatal train crash Inspector Thomas Chard arrives in Pontypridd, only for his first case to be of murder. That of one of the fatalities who has already been buried. So what is the identity of the buried male.
An enjoyable historical mystery
(May Roper is just an annoying character)

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The Case of the Peculiar PantomimeThe Case of the Peculiar Pantomime by Paula Harmon
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Fleet and Castor are asked by friend Selena to investigate the strange going-ons at the Christmas pantomime.
An enjoyable story

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