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A Test Of Wills by Charles Todd
4.0

Really a pretty good book, both as a mystery and a period piece. I can't believe I managed to let the solution very nearly catch me by surprise, except that I was perhaps distracted by the other aspects (history, setting). The story is set immediately following WWI, which is not a time period I am very familiar with. Some of the technology seemed a little too modern, but that may just be my ignorance.

The interesting thing about this series is the narrator's "handicap." The social stigma surrounding this issue was very well-handled, and the author manages to avoid any gimmickry or sentimentality, but I personally found it a little creepy.