[daisyscarlett]

I too am a Ruth Rendall/Adam Dagl. fan. Also like Elizabeth George/Lord Linley-she only produces a book about every 2 years though-she does extensive research in England and it sure tells in the finished product.

[mountaineer]

I've read Eliz. George, but when I saw your post I thought of Elizabeth Peters - is that the name? - who writes the stories about an 1890s Egyptologist who gets involved in various murder mysteries. I also like Aaron Elkins and Patricia Cornwell, who write about the forensic sciences (although I long ago tired of Cornwell's foray into the lesbian lifestyle of her character, Scarpetta's niece - I guess you write what you live, though, alas).