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Superfluous Women. The WW1 wiped out a generation and left millions of young women with no sweethearts and no chance of fulfilling the role they had been raised to expect, marriage and motherhood.
This light and fluffy country house type murder mystery centres around 3 such women, trying to make a life for themselves. How lucky for them that our heroine, Daisy, is there to ensure the police get it right in the end.

Rotherweird is still weird and Wynter is coming, as the company continues it's search for answers in the town's illicit history.

Too many buttons in this box. The book dragged somewhat in the middle. Otherwise a different approach to social history.

Karen Maitland at her best. Atmospheric, drawing on the clash between religion and ancient beliefs.

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The first of a series that promises to improve as the characters bed in.
Some insights into middle and lower class lives in Regency London. A refreshing change from the Upper Class, and their servants, who usually dominate our reading.