Nell Sweeney Historical Mysteries (7 books in series)
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review 1: As you can tell from my rating, I really enjoyed "Murder in a Mill Town", by P.B. Ryan. The detecting governess, Nell McSweeney is back, along with many of the characters we met in the first book, "Still Life With Murder". It is important I think, to read these books in order. "M...
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review 1: I enjoyed the first book in the Nell Sweeney series so much that when I finished it, I immediately downloaded this next book in the series and read it in a few short hours. Big mistake. I loved the first book so much that this one was a disappointment. That disappointment migh...
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review 1: I was so amazed this was a free book on Amazon! I've been making the rounds of the free-reads with little success (too much sex and not enough of a storyline is usually the problem), but this one was a pleasant surprise. Although not entirely historically accurate, the characters...
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review 1: This book was a quick read, and made a good "recreational fluff" book for me. I did not realize it was book three in the series when I picked it up, but the author tosses in enough summary of any important story elements that came before to make the book readable. I was happy t...
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review 1: I think this might be the last in the Gilded Age series. Ms. Ryan does a nice job of wrapping up the personal stories of all the characters while giving us a good mystery at the same time. Sometimes books giving us backstory or tying things up seem rushed, which is not the case h...
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review 1: Besides the first, I think this is my favourite so far. The romance aspect grows more intense and subsequently more complicated, particularly for Nell. This was the first mystery I knew the answer to before it was properly solved, but it was the revealing of all the elements that...
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review 1: It was definitely a treat to see Nell go back (in a way) to her Irish roots! The plot was well-constructed, though the pacing was a little slow, and the conclusion was satisfying. As with the previous books, what really shines is the interactions between Will and Nell, as they co...