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THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD is J. L. Ashton and Justine Rivard's variant on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2019. THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD is different from most Austen fan fiction because it uses limited third person point of...

FOOL ERRANT is the first book in Patricia Wentworth's mystery series featuring Benbow Collingwood Horatio Smith. She is best known for her Miss Maud Silver series. Originally published in 1929, FOOL ERRANT was reissued in digital format in 2016. Benbow Smith combines characteristics of both...

I'm still pretty much alternating Jane Austen fan fiction titles with mysteries, including an occasional nonfiction title. Reviews are posted. Am i the only one who enjoys some of the mid-20th century police procedural series?

COMPROMISED COMPROMISE is Timothy Underwood's latest variant to date of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2018. >>>SPOILERS<<< When Elizabeth Bennet trips on a rug while in the library at the Netherfield ball arguing with Fitzwilliam Darcy, he prevents...

HE UNREFORMED MR. DARCY is Lin Mei Wei's novel-length variant on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2018. Elizabeth Bennet, on her visit to Charlotte Collins at Hunsford, is deeply worried about Jane. After Charles Bingley's departure from Hertfordshire...

In 1955 following her death in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was named official biographer of Queen Mary (of Teck), widow of King George V, mother of Kings Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor) and George VI, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. His research and interviews covered three years; extracts...

THE AFFACOMBE AFFAIR is the second book in Elizabeth Lemarchand's police procedural series featuring Chief Detective Inspector Tom Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye of New Scotland Yard. Originally published in 1985, it was reissued in digital format in 2018. Roy Garnish, owner of Countryside...

DARCY'S ANGEL is Jennifer Kay's novel-length varian on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2018. Kay's major change is to begin the story in 1806, three days after the death of George Darcy, when Fitzwilliam Darcy is 23 years old and Georgiana eleven. After...

Myles Dungan's THE STEALING OF THE IRISH CROWN JEWELS was originally published in 2003 and was reissued in digital format in 2013. THE STEALING OF THE IRISH CROWN JEWELS is an account of the theft discovered 6 July 1907 of the insignia of the Grand Master of the Order of St Patrick...

SMOKY DREAMS is Jaeza Rayleigh's recent novel-length variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2018. Opening some three weeks after the Bingley party's abrupt departure from Netherfield, Fitzwilliam Darcy experiences a dream that contrasts the...

TWICE BURIED is the third book in Steven F. Havill's long-running Posadas County series. It was published in print and digital formats in 1994. The week before Christmas, Undersheriff Bill Gastner and the Posadas County Sheriff's Department deals with minor problems. Gastner's most concerned...

HENRY is Christie Capps's novella-length adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, opening the morning after the Meryton assembly. It was published in digital format in 2018. Henry is Darcy's Border collie puppy whose chance encounter with Elizabeth on her early morning walk leads to...

MALCOLM SAGE, DETECTIVE, is Herbert George Jenkins's post-WWI book featuring Malcolm Sage, late of HMS Department Z (Secret Service), who's set up by former superiors and mentors as a private detective. It was reissued in digital format in 2012. Malcolm Sage bears a distinct resemblance to...

TO CONQUER PRIDE is Jennifer Altman's novel-length variant on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2018. Altman makes significant changes to both original story and characters in TO CONQUER PRIDE. It opens in November, seven months after Darcy's rejected...

LEFTY LOOSEY is the latest to date in Ben Rehder's mystery series set in Blanco County, Texas. It was published in digital format in 2018. Game Warden John Marlin and Sheriff Bobby Garza are mentioned, but its protagonists are good ole' boys (semi, sometimes) Red O'Brien and Billy Don Craddock...

THE BELL is Mary Lydon Simonsen's novella-length variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was published in digital format in 2019. I am definitely old-school, believing that a variant should somehow offer some new understanding of character or action to justify the time required both...

HEARTSHOT is the first book in Steven F. Havill's long-running Posadas County police procedural series featuring Undersheriff Bill Gastner. It was originally published in 1991, then reissued in digital format in 2012. HEARTSHOT opens with change under way in the Posadas County, New Mexico...

"A Little Whimsical in His Civilities" is J. Maria Croft's short story variant of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Croft opens its action at the Meryton assembly one year after Darcy and Bingley attend the original. Darcy is its first person narrator. The story was published in digital format...

LEGEND OF THE DEAD is the first book in Micah S. Hackler's police procedural series featuring Sheriff Cliff Lansing of San Phillipe County, New Mexico. It was published in digital format in 1995. I give up on LEGEND OF THE DEAD halfway through. What's wrong? The plot has been often used--a land...

UNDER THE HARVEST MOON is Sophia Lynbrook's recent variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was released in digital format in 2018. Mr. Bennet is excited at the news that Charles Bingley will be installed at Netherfield before Michaelmas. This year's annual harvest dance is scheduled...