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Matthew Bartholomew #16
The Killer of Pilgrims
Matthew Bartholomew's sixteenth adventure finds him racing to save the university. When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief, who is targeting rich pilgrims. Moreover, pranksters are at large in the university, staging a series of increasingly dangerous practical jokes that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions. Bartholomew and Michael soon learn that their various mysteries are connected, and it becomes a race against time to catch the killer-thief before the university explodes into a violent conflict that could destroy it forever.
423 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Susanna Gregory
87 books433 followersSusanna Gregory is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys, a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. She is married to author Beau Riffenburgh who is her co-author on the Simon Beaufort books.
AKA Simon Beaufort
She writes detective fiction, and is noted for her series of mediaeval mysteries featuring Matthew Bartholomew, a teacher of medicine and investigator of murders in 14th-century Cambridge.
These books may have some aspects in common with the Ellis Peters Cadfael series, the mediaeval adventures of a highly intelligent Benedictine monk and herbalist who came to the Benedictine order late in an eventful life, bringing with him considerable secular experience and wisdom combined with a deal of native wit. This sets him apart from his comparatively innocent and naíve monastic brethren. His activities, both as a monk and a healer, embroil him in a series of mysterious crimes, both secular and monastic, and he enthusiastically assumes the rôle of an amateur sleuth. Sceptical of superstition, he is somewhat ahead of his time, and much accurate historical detail is woven into the adventures. But there any resemblance to the comparatively warm-hearted Cadfael series ends: the tone and subject matter of the Gregory novels is far darker and does not shrink from portraying the harsh realities of life in the Middle Ages. The first in the series, A Plague on Both Your Houses is set against the ravages of the Black Death and subsequent novels take much of their subject matter from the attempts of society to recover from this disaster.
These novels bear the marks of much detailed research into mediaeval conditions - many of the supporting characters have names taken from the documentation of the time, referenced at the end of each book - and bring vividly to life the all-pervading squalor of living conditions in England during the Middle Ages. The deep-rooted and pervasive practice of traditional leechcraft as it contrasts with the dawning science of evidence-based medicine is a common bone of contention between Matthew and the students he teaches at Michaelhouse College (now part of Trinity College, Cambridge), whilst the conflict between the students of Cambridge and the townsfolk continually threatens to escalate into violence.
Another series of books, set just after the Restoration of Charles II and featuring Thomas Chaloner, detective and former spy, began with A Conspiracy of Violence published in January 2006, and continues with The Body in the Thames, published in hardback edition January 2011.
AKA Simon Beaufort
She writes detective fiction, and is noted for her series of mediaeval mysteries featuring Matthew Bartholomew, a teacher of medicine and investigator of murders in 14th-century Cambridge.
These books may have some aspects in common with the Ellis Peters Cadfael series, the mediaeval adventures of a highly intelligent Benedictine monk and herbalist who came to the Benedictine order late in an eventful life, bringing with him considerable secular experience and wisdom combined with a deal of native wit. This sets him apart from his comparatively innocent and naíve monastic brethren. His activities, both as a monk and a healer, embroil him in a series of mysterious crimes, both secular and monastic, and he enthusiastically assumes the rôle of an amateur sleuth. Sceptical of superstition, he is somewhat ahead of his time, and much accurate historical detail is woven into the adventures. But there any resemblance to the comparatively warm-hearted Cadfael series ends: the tone and subject matter of the Gregory novels is far darker and does not shrink from portraying the harsh realities of life in the Middle Ages. The first in the series, A Plague on Both Your Houses is set against the ravages of the Black Death and subsequent novels take much of their subject matter from the attempts of society to recover from this disaster.
These novels bear the marks of much detailed research into mediaeval conditions - many of the supporting characters have names taken from the documentation of the time, referenced at the end of each book - and bring vividly to life the all-pervading squalor of living conditions in England during the Middle Ages. The deep-rooted and pervasive practice of traditional leechcraft as it contrasts with the dawning science of evidence-based medicine is a common bone of contention between Matthew and the students he teaches at Michaelhouse College (now part of Trinity College, Cambridge), whilst the conflict between the students of Cambridge and the townsfolk continually threatens to escalate into violence.
Another series of books, set just after the Restoration of Charles II and featuring Thomas Chaloner, detective and former spy, began with A Conspiracy of Violence published in January 2006, and continues with The Body in the Thames, published in hardback edition January 2011.
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February 5, 2020
This exciting mystery is the 16th volume of the astounding "Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles" from the very talented author, Susanna Gregory.
Once again story-telling has been of a superb quality, all figures, whether real historical or wonderful fictional, featuring in this mystery come splendidly to life within this tale of intrigue and murder, while also Cambridge, its colleges, hostels and surroundings are wonderfully pictured and described by the author.
At the beginning of the book you'll find a well-drawn map of Cambridge, England, in the AD 1350s, while at the end of the book a very well researched Historical Note can be found and absorbed.
The book starts with a prologue which is divided in two, firstly Early Spring in Canterbury in AD 1350, with a very sick man on pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket looking for badges, while secondly in January AD 1358 in Cambridge there's the deliberate drowning of the 15-year old Trinity Hall student, John Jolye, in the river Cam, and these two events will form the basis for the very exciting main story.
Important to note is that when pranks that should have been fun turn into deadly exercises, accompanied with the murder of, John Drax, who's found at the grounds of Michaelhouse, but who was murdered elsewhere, its high time for our protagonists, Physician Matthew Bartholomew and his friend the Benedictine monk, Brother Michael, to come into action again and try to tackle these dangerous unrests as well as the murders that will follow for certain.
What is to follow for Matthew and Michael is an investigation with a labyrinth of lies, deception and murders, before they will be able to entangle and solve all these dangerous threads by using all their strengths and wits, and after a wonderful constructed plot the surprising and unexpected culprit(s) of these murders and thefts will be revealed, and whenever possible brought to justice.
Highly recommended, for this is another excellent volume of this delightful series, and thus for me the reason to call this episode: "A Truly Amazing Killer Mystery"!
Once again story-telling has been of a superb quality, all figures, whether real historical or wonderful fictional, featuring in this mystery come splendidly to life within this tale of intrigue and murder, while also Cambridge, its colleges, hostels and surroundings are wonderfully pictured and described by the author.
At the beginning of the book you'll find a well-drawn map of Cambridge, England, in the AD 1350s, while at the end of the book a very well researched Historical Note can be found and absorbed.
The book starts with a prologue which is divided in two, firstly Early Spring in Canterbury in AD 1350, with a very sick man on pilgrimage to the shrine of St Thomas Becket looking for badges, while secondly in January AD 1358 in Cambridge there's the deliberate drowning of the 15-year old Trinity Hall student, John Jolye, in the river Cam, and these two events will form the basis for the very exciting main story.
Important to note is that when pranks that should have been fun turn into deadly exercises, accompanied with the murder of, John Drax, who's found at the grounds of Michaelhouse, but who was murdered elsewhere, its high time for our protagonists, Physician Matthew Bartholomew and his friend the Benedictine monk, Brother Michael, to come into action again and try to tackle these dangerous unrests as well as the murders that will follow for certain.
What is to follow for Matthew and Michael is an investigation with a labyrinth of lies, deception and murders, before they will be able to entangle and solve all these dangerous threads by using all their strengths and wits, and after a wonderful constructed plot the surprising and unexpected culprit(s) of these murders and thefts will be revealed, and whenever possible brought to justice.
Highly recommended, for this is another excellent volume of this delightful series, and thus for me the reason to call this episode: "A Truly Amazing Killer Mystery"!
March 1, 2018
I don't have anything new to say about this series. I simply love it. Start at the beginning, learn the characters, and before long you'll be laughing with Brother Michael, grinning behind Bartholomew's back with Cynric, and plugging your nose at the thought of Brother William's filthy habit. Every new book is like visiting friends and I drink them all up.
I hope if the author ever reads this that she knows how much these books mean to me. You and Matthew have a lifelong fan in me.
I hope if the author ever reads this that she knows how much these books mean to me. You and Matthew have a lifelong fan in me.
January 16, 2022
The conflict in this installment is between the Colleges and the Hostels. I admit I don’t completely understand the differences between the two, but jealousy is one of the reasons for the conflict - the Hostels perceive (wrongly in some cases, Michaelhouse, for example) the Colleges as wealthier than the Hostels.
Bartholomew has acquired a wealthy patient, Emma de Colvyll, who gained much of her wealth taking advantage of survivors of the Black Death; therefore, she is disliked and feared by most townspeople. Bartholomew is also wary of her and her family.
Another plot element involves those penitents who, having survived the plague, travel on pilgrimages in order to lessen their time in Purgatory. Like modern tourists who post vacation pics on social media , these pilgrims often buy souvenirs for bragging rights, some of which are finely made from precious metals and gemstones and are quite valuable. The pilgrim badges are called signacula (Latin; signaculum is the singular). There is a thief in Cambridge who is targeting these signacula and the only description is that he has yellow hair.
When a dead tavern owner is found in the Michaelhouse courtyard, Michael swings into full investigation mode. Between the thefts and the murder and the College/Hostel conflict, he knows he needs to work quickly to prevent full-on rioting.
As I’ve said before, I read historical mysteries more for the characters and historical details than the crimes, but the crime bits in this series are pretty well done. And I have to keep reading to see if Bartholomew is ever reunited with Matilde.
Bartholomew has acquired a wealthy patient, Emma de Colvyll, who gained much of her wealth taking advantage of survivors of the Black Death; therefore, she is disliked and feared by most townspeople. Bartholomew is also wary of her and her family.
Another plot element involves those penitents who, having survived the plague, travel on pilgrimages in order to lessen their time in Purgatory. Like modern tourists who post vacation pics on social media , these pilgrims often buy souvenirs for bragging rights, some of which are finely made from precious metals and gemstones and are quite valuable. The pilgrim badges are called signacula (Latin; signaculum is the singular). There is a thief in Cambridge who is targeting these signacula and the only description is that he has yellow hair.
When a dead tavern owner is found in the Michaelhouse courtyard, Michael swings into full investigation mode. Between the thefts and the murder and the College/Hostel conflict, he knows he needs to work quickly to prevent full-on rioting.
As I’ve said before, I read historical mysteries more for the characters and historical details than the crimes, but the crime bits in this series are pretty well done. And I have to keep reading to see if Bartholomew is ever reunited with Matilde.
February 27, 2011
One of my favorite series. Give them a try!
September 9, 2017
This one looks at the pilgrim trade of the 13th century. Pilgrimages were important after the plague and they were profitable for the institutions holding relics that attracted pilgrims. There was also a thriving trade in pilgrim badges which showed off to the world how pious you were, even if you actually hadn't been to the place the pilgrim badge was from. When there is a series of thefts of pilgrim badges, Michael investigates, on top of this is (of course) some murders and the backdrop of increasing tension between the colleges and the hostels.
One nitpick for this one, it mentions the fee Michael pays Matthew as his corpse examiner being three pence, has Michael turned uncharacteristically mean, I'm sure in earlier books the fee was four pence? Every time it was mentioned, it jarred me out of the story as I'm sure it was a mistake.
One nitpick for this one, it mentions the fee Michael pays Matthew as his corpse examiner being three pence, has Michael turned uncharacteristically mean, I'm sure in earlier books the fee was four pence? Every time it was mentioned, it jarred me out of the story as I'm sure it was a mistake.
January 30, 2014
This is the sixteenth of a series of books set in 14th century Cambridge featuring Matthew Bartholemew, a philanthropic physician and his sleuthing partner, the well-fed Senior Proctor, Brother Michael. Both are also academics at Michaelhouse one of Cambridge's poorer colleges and while Michael is charged with keeping law and order within the university, Matthew assists him using his skills as a doctor to examine corpses for causes of death.
When a wealthy donor is found dead in the grounds of Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Bartholemew must identify the murderer quickly to protect them from the taint of scandal. Meanwhile, a ruthless yellow-haired killer is systematically stealing signacula from pilgrims. These tokens which signify a visit to a shrine or other holy place confer blessings on the owner and often being valuable are highly prized possessions. To add to Brother Michael's woes, he is struggling to contain the various factions in the University behind a series of escalating practical jokes that threaten to explode into a full-scale riot.
As in previous books, Michaelhouse is poverty stricken and its fellows and students are enduring poor food and the privations of a missing roof which is being repaired at the expense of a rich unpleasant old woman, Emma Colvylle, who expects free medical treatment from Matthew in return for her generosity. The usual tensions between townsfolk, colleges and the hostels, the latter especially resentful of their relatively wealthier fellow scholars in the colleges, are exacerbated by the hard winter and rising prices.
Susanna Gregory captures medieval Cambridge perfectly and there are a number of well-drawn characters, particularly the fellows of Michaelhouse who are an ill-matched argumentative group with distinctive personalities. The beliefs of medieval pilgrims and their fervent search for solace, healing and a reprieve from purgatory are well described. There is atmosphere, tension and puzzles galore culminating in a thrilling conclusion.
As with her Thomas Chaloner series, Susanna Gregory uses real historical figures, situations and events as a basis for her fictional mysteries and to complement her invented characters and this works very well lending the books an air of authenticity. I was certainly surprised when the villains were revealed and this is a testament to her clever storytelling. I haven't been reading these books in order, but am loving them nonetheless and liked this one particularly.
When a wealthy donor is found dead in the grounds of Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Bartholemew must identify the murderer quickly to protect them from the taint of scandal. Meanwhile, a ruthless yellow-haired killer is systematically stealing signacula from pilgrims. These tokens which signify a visit to a shrine or other holy place confer blessings on the owner and often being valuable are highly prized possessions. To add to Brother Michael's woes, he is struggling to contain the various factions in the University behind a series of escalating practical jokes that threaten to explode into a full-scale riot.
As in previous books, Michaelhouse is poverty stricken and its fellows and students are enduring poor food and the privations of a missing roof which is being repaired at the expense of a rich unpleasant old woman, Emma Colvylle, who expects free medical treatment from Matthew in return for her generosity. The usual tensions between townsfolk, colleges and the hostels, the latter especially resentful of their relatively wealthier fellow scholars in the colleges, are exacerbated by the hard winter and rising prices.
Susanna Gregory captures medieval Cambridge perfectly and there are a number of well-drawn characters, particularly the fellows of Michaelhouse who are an ill-matched argumentative group with distinctive personalities. The beliefs of medieval pilgrims and their fervent search for solace, healing and a reprieve from purgatory are well described. There is atmosphere, tension and puzzles galore culminating in a thrilling conclusion.
As with her Thomas Chaloner series, Susanna Gregory uses real historical figures, situations and events as a basis for her fictional mysteries and to complement her invented characters and this works very well lending the books an air of authenticity. I was certainly surprised when the villains were revealed and this is a testament to her clever storytelling. I haven't been reading these books in order, but am loving them nonetheless and liked this one particularly.
July 8, 2010
In some of the more recent books in this series, the ridiculous characters overwhelmed those with any amount of common sense. The balance in this book is somewhat better. Even with some new students and new fellows of the college, however, many of the conversations between characters feel a little stale - the same sorts of conversations happened in the last book and the book before that and the book before that...
I have read this series since the beginning. Initially I liked it so much I bought the hardbacks from the UK and read them the day I received them. Then I bought the hardbacks in the US a few months after the UK release and read them the day I received them. The next one I may try to get from the library rather than buy it at all.
I have read this series since the beginning. Initially I liked it so much I bought the hardbacks from the UK and read them the day I received them. Then I bought the hardbacks in the US a few months after the UK release and read them the day I received them. The next one I may try to get from the library rather than buy it at all.
November 22, 2010
I love Susanna Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew historical mystery series. Each new book is great and each plot is very different from the previous books in the series. This book is set in Cambridge in the winter of 1358. Cambridge is undergoing a cold and miserable winter, and there is still plenty of unrest and rivalry between "town and gown". Then citizens are being murdered and robbed. Matthew and Michael know that there are evil forces at work in their city, and they need to find the source in order to avoid a huge blowup in the city. I love the mix of true historical figures and Ms. Gregory's fictional characters, and I love the fast-paced plots that are de rigeur for all the books in this series. I never tire of this wonderful series.
October 17, 2010
I so enjoy this series about life in Cambridge in the 14th century.
February 25, 2012
I just love this series!
June 13, 2020
Cambridge, England was just recovering from the Black Death in 1358, the year in which The Killer of Pilgrims begins. Many people are impoverished, the economy has been shattered and there is one person in town who is both hated and feared because she managed to buy up most of the assets being sold during the Death. Reading this book now, in the midst of our own pandemic and economic meltdown makes the 14th century seem very much like our own. Emma de Colvyll has summoned Matthew Bartholomew to treat her because of a toothache. Matthew would just as soon not have her as a patient but he has been made a condition of a large gift to his college, Michaelhouse, which will be used to fix the chronically leaky roof. While he is treating Emma, they hear a noise from another room and realize the house is being burgled. Bartholomew chases the thief without success. Thus begins the tale which will involve murder (a number of them), robbery of Pilgrim's badges (tokens from places of pilgrimage which were supposed to attest to the completion of a pilgrimage which were thought to have certain powers to get the owner out of Purgatory) and the perennial rivalry between the Colleges and the hostels. The various characters from the previous books make appearances and add to the atmosphere which envelops the reader in the world of the 14th century.
In Susanna Gregory's Bartholomew novels there is always a lot of detail and she adds a historical note at the end which shows that the story is not made up of the whole cloth. Each of the books that I have read so far would make a great TV miniseries (a movie would not allow for as much character development). Character is what drives these books; we get to see the characters in full relief. They are not just shades drifting across the page. We come to appreciate Bartholomew's dedication to his patients, Brother Michael's fondness for pastry, and even the crankiness and limited insight of Father William. This is not even to mention the parade of monks and friars of different orders as well as the townsfolk and officials.
It was an enjoyable trip back 700 years. I look forward to reading the next one.
In Susanna Gregory's Bartholomew novels there is always a lot of detail and she adds a historical note at the end which shows that the story is not made up of the whole cloth. Each of the books that I have read so far would make a great TV miniseries (a movie would not allow for as much character development). Character is what drives these books; we get to see the characters in full relief. They are not just shades drifting across the page. We come to appreciate Bartholomew's dedication to his patients, Brother Michael's fondness for pastry, and even the crankiness and limited insight of Father William. This is not even to mention the parade of monks and friars of different orders as well as the townsfolk and officials.
It was an enjoyable trip back 700 years. I look forward to reading the next one.
April 21, 2020
Oh dear, not a good choice for me, and being no 16 in the series, it was not the best introduction to Matthew Bartholomew. Whilst other readers reviews indicate that they enjoyed the thud and blunder, the romp and the nonsense, I found it very irritating as every theory was proposed and discarded, over and over again, with the body count rising and the nonsensical religiosity, however well researched, bringing yawns.... I really couldn't care enough. A book full of padding, it would have been a better short story. I read on, as during the strange times of Covid 19 Lockdown, it was the last of my precious library audiobooks which I am carefully rationing, and the setting was interesting and I so wanted it to improve. I eventually concluded that this particular book would be very good for young adult readers, and wonder if the earlier books in the series would be tighter and more engrossing. But I won't be finding out any time soon. Having enjoyed Gregory's series around Thomas Chaloner, a well drawn enough character, a spy working for a foolish nobleman, I found A Killer of Pilgrims rather disappointing.
July 26, 2021
Because of Michaelhouse's great need for money to make repairs on its leaking roofs, Master Langelee made a deal with the Devil or the She~Devil to be precise in the person of the most feared and only surviving crime boss in Cambridge, Emma de Colvyll who got rich after the plague by taking advantage of people's grief and loss of loved ones and buying off their empty houses for a song. In exchange for Emma's infusion of sub~standard building materials and equally below par workmen's services including their absenteeism, Bartholomew's medical expertise were offered to the merciless Emma at her beck and call 24/7 of which she most certainly took sadistic advantage of. Aside from these, there were also a spate of robberies of expensive relics belonging to pilgrims then there were the murders... one corpse even ended up hidden under the covering for the tiles at Michaelhouse. Were these crimes all related?
March 15, 2024
Devious twists and turns
Another wonderful novel about Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael! Once again, the town of Cambridge is filled with strife. The Colleges (well-off) and the hostels(poor) are at it again through a series of pranks and trickery. That would be okay except people are dying! And in addition, a rich, malicious lady is pulling strings from her spider- like webdom! Matthew is put in the uncomfortable position of being husband material to the rich lady's granddaughter. Many leads are followed, but none with a good result until the almost fiery end! No mention of Matilda and Clippesby's insanity was played down. Agatha also was low key in this novel. Very good read!
Another wonderful novel about Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael! Once again, the town of Cambridge is filled with strife. The Colleges (well-off) and the hostels(poor) are at it again through a series of pranks and trickery. That would be okay except people are dying! And in addition, a rich, malicious lady is pulling strings from her spider- like webdom! Matthew is put in the uncomfortable position of being husband material to the rich lady's granddaughter. Many leads are followed, but none with a good result until the almost fiery end! No mention of Matilda and Clippesby's insanity was played down. Agatha also was low key in this novel. Very good read!
October 15, 2017
Not one of the best in the series with a lot of unpleasant characters taking up too much of the narrative and insufficient focus on relations within Michaelhouse. A typically ingenious whodunnit in that sense - lots of red herrings and diversions - but I didn't really care as much, given the lack of sympathetic victims. More academic politics required next time rather than just an escalating sense of violence between colleges and hostels
January 18, 2019
Another addition to this excellently researched, truly authentic historical fiction mystery stories. This one continues with the politics and economics of the university town, the rough and tumble world of competing and quarreling parts of the university at Cambridge and the hard life of the protagonist detective Bartholomew, the best kind of Medieval physician. The mystery turns on stolen pilgrim badges and crass and selfish rich who would buy themselves blessings.
August 18, 2021
I love this series but not this book. I try to read a couple books by different authors between each book in this series so that I don't get burnt out on it. So I don't think I'm getting jaded by the main characters as much as I find the books less well written. Just too many crazy twists and turns, some of which make no sense and have nothing to offer to the story. Perhaps I need a bigger break before the next book.
February 28, 2024
The usual. No character development. Matthew and Michael spend the first ten chapters and 350 pages going back and forth to the same places and the same people asking the same questions. Then, voila! In chapters 11 and 12 the mystery is resolved through no deductions on the part of the sleuths. Matt just happens to be in the right place at the right time to see something that explains all.
June 17, 2019
Enjoyed it, but the plot felt more convoluted than others I'd read in the same series--an awfully large list of suspects.
I love the setting, and wish the book had fewer characters and the last 50 pages could just be historical notes!
I love the setting, and wish the book had fewer characters and the last 50 pages could just be historical notes!
July 5, 2022
For the first time. I had difficulty getting interested in this tale. The subject was perhaps too far removed from anything in my life to really stay with the tale. Skipped the middle 100 pages to get to how the death and mysteries came together.
January 18, 2024
A 4* book, leaning towards a 4.5*.
Another great outing for Bartolomew and Michael and again I had no idea who the villain was until the very end. Susanna Gregory does a great job of throwing in red herrings and leading you down the wrong path.
Another great outing for Bartolomew and Michael and again I had no idea who the villain was until the very end. Susanna Gregory does a great job of throwing in red herrings and leading you down the wrong path.
July 8, 2024
I really wish I could give this book more stars. It has everything it needs for me to like it - mystery, whit, humour. But for whatever reason, I just couldn't get into it. I will reread it at some point and might revise, because I'm pretty sure I was the problem.
February 7, 2017
Although there were a lot of twists and turns that got quite confusing, it was a really good mystery.
September 10, 2017
Enjoyable
Very good story, interesting characters. Historical information was interesting as well. Have been reading Matthew Bartholomew for long time, & always enjoy them.
Very good story, interesting characters. Historical information was interesting as well. Have been reading Matthew Bartholomew for long time, & always enjoy them.
July 5, 2020
Unruly students, belligerent academics and a couple of lethal medieval football games, complicate Matthew Bartholomew 's attempts to discover the identity of a thief who preys on pilgrims.
July 27, 2020
Marvellous
People have not changed after all these years.has civilization made people.more aware of their fellow.man. Sometimes it is diff to see
People have not changed after all these years.has civilization made people.more aware of their fellow.man. Sometimes it is diff to see
October 18, 2021
Chocked full of mysteries
The author recreates intriguing characters that fill the pages and challenge the reader. Who's who is not revealed until the end.
The author recreates intriguing characters that fill the pages and challenge the reader. Who's who is not revealed until the end.
July 17, 2022
Very entertaining. Great characters.
April 30, 2024
Another great read from Susanna Gregory
June 4, 2025
Good robust medieval mystery.
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