L. A. Taylor (1) (1939–1996)

I really loved this book and it surprises me that it has received pretty low ratings so far here. I suppose the story was fairly simplistic, and occasionally almost frustrating as Miranda tried to solve the mystery of her missing husband, and certain elements were pretty obvious from the beginning (which made it all the more amusing when the protagonist completely failed to notice them). But... I love the idea of a middle-aged heroine, a house wife, more or less, who sets out on a mission - in this case to find her missing husband. At first she is treated as a bit of a country hick, like a jilted wife and more or less like someone who is more trouble than she's worth, but Miranda is nothing if not determined! The relationship between her and her husband was sweet - and I found it utterly engaging.… (meer)

Tiptree longlist 1999. I tried hard, got over 1/3rd of the way through, but just couldn't be bothered to finish this.
It jumped back and forth in time but was written in such a flat style I couldn't readily tell where we were in the timeline until well into each section and thus got confused over what was going on.
Initially it seemed like it was going to be about political machinations in a sort of generic MediaevalWorld with a female protagonist, but that petered out and we were treated to a lot of tedious traipsing about after a rich spoilt brat and other assorted gormless aristos.… (meer)