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Murder Wears a Cowl (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

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This is the sixth book in the series of medieval mysteries featuring Sir Hugh Corbett. Obviously this is one of Paul Doherty's earlier offerings and he has since written many more books and is now an established author of medieval novels and has also added a number of novels on Egypt to his ever growing list of titles. Having said that it is one of his earlier offerings does not mean that it is inferior to his current books, quite the opposite. The Hugh Corbett mysteries were and are extremely popular and Paul Doherty is still adding to them.

Doherty's books are an absolute delight. The pages just seem to race by and the sights and sounds of medieval England seem to leap of the pages.. This book concerns a violent serial killer. He or she lurks in the squalid streets of London, lying in wait for prostitutes and having found them, slits their throats. When a well bred lady, Lady Somerville, one of the sisters of St. Martha is found murdered in the same awful way, followed by the death of Father Benedict in suspicious circumstances Hugh Corbett is once again called upon to solve the mystery.