Kill the Witch

Casebook of Doctor Simon Foreman #4

by Judith Cook

In the autumn of 1592, Dr Simon Forman is invited to the country where the air should do him good after the stink of the city. But this rural retreat harbours deadly secrets. A group of morris dancers is intent on torturing Old Mother Saxton for witchcraft. Meanwhile, a marriage has taken place in the local church but not everyone wishes the newly-weds well, and when one is murdered who is to blame? Is it a band of cut-throats from the outskirts of town, or a spurned lover much closer to home? As one evil deed is followed by another the townsfolk believe they are under a witch's curse. Only Simon can reveal the truth, but will he be able to convince them they are wrong to kill the witch?

Genres: Historical Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Judith Cook was a lecturer in theatre at the University of Exeter. She wrote several mysteries based on the casebooks of Dr Simon Forman, an Elizabethan doctor and astrologer.

Reviews

[Shauna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have enjoyed other books in this short series about the Elizabethan doctor Simon Forman. This one was very slow-paced and the plot seemed, to me, very obvious.

[BEAU · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a bad choice to open a reader to the work of Cook. Slow paced and tedious, I was bored from the start and abandoned after just 60 pages. I have forgotten most of what I've read and kept confusing the two main protagonists with one another. The idea has promise and I may return to give this a second chance.

[Hairsoftree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bonne lecture en anglais sous le règne Elizabethéen. (Ceci est le 4ème livre de la série des enquêtes menées par le docteur Simon Forman).
Je suis content d'avoir découvert cet auteur.
Je le recommande pour tous ceux qui aiment les romans historiques.

Nice reading under the Elizabethean reign.
I am happy to have discovered the writer.
I recommend it to all who love historical books.