Check out MBP 009 if you like Jane Austen and Agatha Christie, which Anna Dean blends together in her book Bellfield Hall. I admit that I’m too intimidated to try and write in the style of Jane Austen, but I loved this book, which, without referring to Austen, certainly is written in that style. I touch on letters as plot devices and the often confusing (to modern readers) forms of Regency address. 
In my writing world, I’m working on revisions to Ellie Book #9 and just finished proofing the audio files of the second book in the On the Run series, Secretive.
Book news was thin on the ground, so I detoured into a #GrammarDay haiku Twitter contest and mentioned two mystery TV shows, discussing the super-sweet (too sweet?) series finale of The Mentalist as well as an extended Agatha Christie mention on TNT’s Perception.  
 
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MBP 009 - Bellfield Hall

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Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of forensic investigation during the Golden Age of detective fiction. I’ll dive into the real-life CSI methods used by detectives in the 1920s and how they compare to the techniques employed by fictional sleuths like Sherlock Holmes.I’ll also take a closer look at a true crime case from 1923 that led to the creation of the iconic "murder bag” 

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MBP 009 - Bellfield Hall

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