The third mystery in a medieval series set in Canterbury continues the unlikely partnership of physician Kathryn Swinbrooke and soldier Colum Murtagh as a painter confesses to murder and Kathryn and Colum are trapped in a snowstorm with a killer. By the author of The Eye of God.
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A hated tax collector dies in a classic locked-room mystery and a straying wife and her two lovers are murdered in the latest puzzles probed by medieval physician Kathryn Swinbrooke and King's Commissioner Colum Murtagh, both encountered most recently in The Eye of God. Few grieve when royal tax collector Sir Reginald Erpingham is found dead in his room at Canterbury's Wicker Man inn, but the loss of the funds he has gathered will certainly upset King Edward IV, recently come to the throne after ruinous turmoil in the War of the Roses. Asked to investigate the death, which she determines was by poison, Kathryn must set aside her concern for talented painter Richard Blunt, admitted killer of his young second wife and her two lovers. Another death, and the collaboration between Kathryn and Colum, finally brings truth to the fore. Grace breathes vivid life into this atmospheric tale of turbulent life and death in 15th-century England.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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YA?Kathryn Swinbrooke, medieval physician, chemist, and herbalist, is sleuthing again with Colum Murtagh, King Edward's soldier. During the Christmas of 1471, in the midst of a deep snow storm, they attempt to solve the murders of a young woman and her two lovers. Before she has time to investigate this crime, Kathryn and Colum must resolve the mysterious locked-room death of a notorious tax collector for the Crown. As King Edward's representative, Colum needs to account for all of the tax money missing from the murdered man's room. The twin devices of the locked-room puzzle and the dilemma of the unlikely murderer flow through a swiftly moving plot that relies on lively, feisty characters; accurate historical scenes; and an abundance of quotes from Chaucer. A welcome addition to the development of Kathryn Swinbrooke as a physician turned reluctant detective.?Mary T. Gerrity, Queen Anne School Library, Upper Marlboro, MD
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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