I love these books. I came across this series on Kindle during the pandemic and immediately read all of the previous installments. The series is clever, comical, breezy, and entertaining. Lady Hardcastle and ostensible maid Flo are as much a comedy duo as they are a crime-solving duo. Though they have a somewhat improbable history, egalitarian relationship, and skill set, and their village and its surrounds have an uncommonly high murder rate (a la Cabot Cove) and the murders’ occasionally improbable motives, you will be too amused to dwell on the details.