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Release the Hounds

April 9, 2014 by DataAngel 1 Comment

The year is 1018. King Cnut of Denmark is ruling England. He’s in Oxford to collect payment and to try to unite the various groups living in England. This means there’s hundreds of people living in tents. People who were recently at war with each other. People not necessarily happy with their new king. And then there’s a murder. The king is accused by the victim’s wife. Winston, an illuminator/painter and his companion former nobleman Halfdan, accidentally find themselves investigating the murder. They need to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, Fiction, historical fiction, Martin Jensen, murder, mystery

DataAngel's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, Fiction, historical fiction, Martin Jensen, murder, mystery ·
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