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A review by reginasharinette_71
The Brampton Witch Murders by Ellis Blackwood
5.0
WOW! What a great historical cozy mystery.
This is the first cozy mystery I've read set in the 1700s and it was such a great mystery. I didn't know Samuel Pepys was a real person and I expected him to be the sleuth but the actual sleuths or inquisitors are his maid Abigail Harcourt a very intelligent and observant young woman and the young Jacob Standish who is wealthy, awkward, insecure and unsure of his sleuthing abilities. They make a great team since Abigail is often looked down upon or ignored because she is a woman and a servant girl. Jacob is something of a bull in a china shop and a little dense at times.
When Samuel Pepys' sister Paulina is accused of being a witch he sends Abigail & Jacob to Brampton to prove his sister's innocence then the man, Goody Grimston, who is his sister's accuser is murdered and the two find themselves investigating a murder to clear Paulina and her friend Rebecca of not only witchcraft but also murder.
There was a whole village of suspects as Grimston had more enemies than friends.
I also learned so much about people especially the self titled Witch Finder General Michael Hopkins and the author of The Discovery of Witches loved the character of his son Simon and his advocation to continue his father's work of ridding England of witches
This is the first cozy mystery I've read set in the 1700s and it was such a great mystery. I didn't know Samuel Pepys was a real person and I expected him to be the sleuth but the actual sleuths or inquisitors are his maid Abigail Harcourt a very intelligent and observant young woman and the young Jacob Standish who is wealthy, awkward, insecure and unsure of his sleuthing abilities. They make a great team since Abigail is often looked down upon or ignored because she is a woman and a servant girl. Jacob is something of a bull in a china shop and a little dense at times.
When Samuel Pepys' sister Paulina is accused of being a witch he sends Abigail & Jacob to Brampton to prove his sister's innocence then the man, Goody Grimston, who is his sister's accuser is murdered and the two find themselves investigating a murder to clear Paulina and her friend Rebecca of not only witchcraft but also murder.
There was a whole village of suspects as Grimston had more enemies than friends.
I also learned so much about people especially the self titled Witch Finder General Michael Hopkins and the author of The Discovery of Witches loved the character of his son Simon and his advocation to continue his father's work of ridding England of witches