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The Song of a Dark Angel : A Medieval Mystery Featuring Hugh Corbett

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I have read several (although by no means all) of Paul Doherty's medeavel mysteries, and this is one of the best ones. The plot is great, and moves at a brilliant pace. This book does not waffle (as some of his books occasionally do in some passages), and all the while it moves quickly along, and you keep turning those pages. The mystery is a very good one, as well. as convoluted and unguessable as ever.

The only thing i can really ever find fault with is the fact that Doherty does have a tendency to let modern ways of speaking seep into his prose. I know that we have no proof that these people didnt NOT speak like that, but to my ear it sounds a bit out of place.

Nonetheless, this is definitely one of his best mysteries so far, and i highly reccomend it to all lover of historical fiction.

and I liked it. This isn't your average find the murderer novel. There's a bunch of stuff going on and all of it is illegal. Though not as dark as _Death of a King_ (another medieval mystery from P.C. Doherty) it was very enjoyable. The mix of Corbett's sensitivity with his henchman Ranulf's street smarts works together wonderfully.

In other words a typical Hugh Corbett mystery. But this book is a fine example of a medieval whodunit. The pace moves very quickly, and Doherty's scene so suits the theme for this book. Hugh and his faithful retainers are sent to Norfolk by his King. He is told to invesitage two deaths that have occurred there. But once the three arrive in the village of Hunstanton, they find it dark and mysterious, and a village that has many hidden secrets. Hugh realizes that he's not only been sent there to look at the deaths, but to solve an ancient mystery of some hidden royal treasure. This is a very good and exciting book.