[quote=""Anna Elliott""]Agreed on both counts, Margaret! I love both the Mary Russel and the William Monk series. I also love Elizabeth Peters' mysteries set in Victorian Egypt. She's wonderful with working in the period detail and bringing the historical setting vividly to life.[/quote]
I agree with you, Anna, Mary Russell is definitely engaging, as is Peter's Cadfael. I have enjoyed C.S. Harris Sebastian St. Cyr series recently. Sebastian has that endearing mix of faults and virtues, and the historical detail is definitely rich and satisfying. Great plot twists. Seems like most of Hudson's requirements! Now if I could only nail these myself!
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