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Average rating: 4.14 · 113 ratings · 30 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Fatal Feast (A Merlin Mystery, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bleak and Empty Sea (A Merlin Mystery, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleuth of Sherwood (Robin Hood Mysteries, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in the Quagmire: The Quest for the Grail (A Merlin Mystery, #4) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight's Riddle: What Women Want Most (A Merlin Mystery, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight of the Cart (A Merlin Mystery, #5) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To the Great Deep (A Merlin Mystery, #6) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghoul of Sherwood (Robin Hood Mysteries, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The "T" Is Silent, Dammit: A Curmudgeon's Guide to English Usage, With Occasional Rants 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The lady of Wearie Manor hummed to herself as she stitched a new hem in her linen gown. Humming and hemming, she thought to herself, and smiled. It was Lady Phillipa’s favorite time of day. Her baby Robbie was asleep in his cradle downstairs, under the watchful eye of the nurse, Matilda. Her older children were with Father James at the parish chapel school in Macclesfield. The men of the house wer

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