The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart

This light-hearted historical mystery is humorous and fun and set in Hampton Court Palace.

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith

The title strikes one as a clue to the story and after reading the novel that's the correct assumption. Isabel Dalhousie is the heroine of the novel and to this series of which this is book 8. Isabel lives in Edinburgh with her fiancee Jamie and their two and half year old son who has …

The Valentine House by Emma Henderson

Set in the French Alps the book follows main character Mathilde alternating between 1914 to the 1950’s and 1976. Mathilde, a farmer’s daughter, is an ‘ugly’ who works as a servant at an Englishman’s Chalet. She starts there in the Summer of 1914 at the age of 14 and meets Sir A’s family. There’s wild …

The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith

Isabel Dalhousie #3. Isabel is a philosopher living in Edinburgh. Her cousin, Mimi and husband Joe are visiting her from Dallas, Texas. They have a rich friend, Tom who's staying at a country estate with his much younger fiancee, Angie. They're all invited to Tom's country estate for a house party, and Jamie, Isabel's friend, …