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Howard of Warwick

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Howard of Warwick is but a humble chronicler with the blind luck to stumble upon manuscripts which describe the goings-on of Brother Hermitage and his companion Wat the weaver.

His work has been heard, seen and read, most of it accompanied by laughter and some of it by money. His peers have even seen fit to recognize his unworthy efforts with a prize for making up stories.

There are now eighteen - make that twenty - novels of Brother Hermitage, the most medieval of detectives, loose on the world and they have found considerable success with the buying public.

The most recent outpouring from the scriptorium is The King's Investigator Part II.

Tales of Hermitage continue to flow forth with few checks for accuracy. There are even short stories ava
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Murder Can Be Murder has been released upon the world, and instantly became a No 1 around the globe. (Well, nearly instantly in some bits of the globe). Read about the defeat of the Normans in 1066. Hear about the sheriff of London. Oh, and there’s a murder; hence the title.

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“Having the Church interested in your business was like a Viking asking after your wife and daughters. Someone was going to end up shafted.”
Howard of Warwick, The Heretics of De'Ath

“His nose was needle-like, drawing attention like a screaming baby at a funeral. A baby with a massive nose.”
Howard of Warwick, The Heretics of De'Ath

“cloister floor. One of the others suggested that”
Howard of Warwick, A Murder for Brother Hermitage

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