Book review: The Reluctant Heir: A Dr. Adam Bascom Georgian Mystery by William Savage (@penandpension) #Georgian Mystery

Noelle is always a good source for recommendations. This looks like a great series to me.

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I am always eager to read any of the books in the two Georgian mystery series by William Savage: The Adam Bascom series and the Ashmole Fox series. This new one did not disappoint.

Adam Bascom is born the younger of two sons of a country squire, and, unable to inherit, he pursues a career in medicine and sets up practice in the small town of Aylsham, not far from Norwich. In the previous books in the series, he discovers he has a talent for solving mysteries along with practicing medicine. In this outing, Dr. Bascom has made a love match in his marriage to a young and wealthy widow and has inherited, as her husband, a baronetcy, along with a large agricultural estate and a considerable amount of money.

Part of the story is his struggle to adapt to his new circumstances. He has no experience managing an estate…

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Museum Asks People To Recreate Paintings With Stuff They Can Find at Home, Here Are The Results

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