Looking at the list - Rebecca and The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox jumped out as a couple of favourite reads ...
Austen and Dickens among WBN 2012 picks | The Bookseller
Women's fiction writer: strong characters, pacey plots, love stories, mystery, travel - including the overland trail to India - and historical fiction (as Janet MacLeod Trotter). Jan runs an online reading group called bookgroupies. This site includes diary entries and photos from her experiences on the hippy trail in the 1970s. Enjoy the nostalgia!