This series continues to please. First, with its vivid descriptions about life during these frightful but interesting times and the labor intensity of most daily activities. This book takes place during harvest which was an all-hands activity often threatened by bad weather conditions. Secondly, the interesting characters and their relationships continue to develop robustly and appropriately. The gross inequities of wealth and social difference often supported by coercive laws enacted and enforced surprisingly; developed few rebellions by the laboring classes. It was not a good time to be poor and the state of medicine even worse to be a woman, rich or poor. The murders and the mysteries add a soupcon of spice to this good history book. ( )

These stories, part romance, part mystery, part historical fiction are gems. They are light and very enjoyable reading while being for the most part, historically accurate.

I will read all 6. ( )