Perhaps because I’m running out of books in this setries to read or perhaps just because, I really enjoyed this episode in the Nell Bray series.

Things contributing to enjoyment: characters I’ve met before - Rose in an earlier book in the series and Bill Musgrave (I’m pretty certain) in a later book in the series; characters I’ve not met before but heard about before - Nell’s brother Stuart and his family and a place Nell spent her childhood; good mystery plot featuring someone about to be hanged for murder who Nell is trying to prove innocent but isn’t entirely convinced of his innocence herself so it never seems like a crusade; interesting setting in both country house type sense and Lancashire mill town type sense. Nothing that I can put my finger on that I disliked. Generally just a good read with a good resolution and a lot of interesting things going on.