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“He might not hold them in high esteem, but he had learnt long ago how precious of their dignity minor officials could be.”

Servant of Death: The First Braadecote and Catchpoll Mystery by Sarah Hawkswood

August 1, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Eudo – the Lord Bishop of Winchester’s much feared and extremely loathed clerk – is found bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey, laid before the altar in the attitude of a penitent. This isn’t an easy murder to solve, as everyone who ever had contact with him had motive, and there are a lot of people who met him in the Abbey. (To be honest, I wouldn’t have been too surprised if this was a Medieval Murder on the Orient Express. Instead, it’s more The […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #medieval murder mystery, 12th century England, Sarah Hawkswood

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:40 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #medieval murder mystery, 12th century England, Sarah Hawkswood ·
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Religious fear & murder mystery in 12th century Cambridge

December 30, 2014 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Mistress and the Art of Death is first book of in this series from Ariana Franklin. I didn’t quite know what to expect – a pure historical fiction or a paranormal mystery? It’s actually more akin to a modern murder mystery simply set in 12th century Cambridge. Four children have been murdered and the English community, rife with religious prejudice, blames the ghetto-ized Jewish community. Henry II is forced to step in and quarantine the Jewish people in a nearby castle. Lest they be lynched by the Catholic […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, 12th century England, Ariana Franklin, book 1, Cambridge, cannonball read, Fiction, historical fiction, historical mystery, historical romance, Mistress of the Art of Death, Mistress of the Art of Death book 1, murder mystery, mystery, romance, teresaelectro

teresaelectro's CBR6 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, 12th century England, Ariana Franklin, book 1, Cambridge, cannonball read, Fiction, historical fiction, historical mystery, historical romance, Mistress of the Art of Death, Mistress of the Art of Death book 1, murder mystery, mystery, romance, teresaelectro ·
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