Tall Reader loaned me The Colors of All the Cattle, by Alexander McCall Smith, part of his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. I do love these books! This time Mma Ramotswe has been persuaded to run for office. Given her nature, she is very reluctant to do so. Why does her one vote cause so much turmoil? And, she's been asked to solve the case of a hit and run driver, from some months back, and some distance away. The youngest of her staff is the one who comes up with the possible solution. A nice read for an overcast winter day.

While this book, The Mitford Murders, was classified as historical fiction in several places, I'd add the word 'alternative' as author Jessica Fellowes took an actual event and a real family, and changed the outcome. Florence Nightingale Shore is on her way to visit a friend. She will not arrive alive. Who killed her, and why? Well written, with lots of period details.

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