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Hope this isn't the last one!,
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This review is from: A Vigil of Spies (Owen Archer Mysteries 10) (Paperback)
#10 Owen Archer medieval mystery set in 1370's York. Owen is attending to his employer, Archbishop John Thoresby as he nears his death. The Princess of Wales in bringing her entourage to visit the Archbishop, much to Owen's chagrin, as it's his job as Captain of the Archbishop's guards to keep them all safe. When a young servant of a messenger accompanying Her Grace's party from William Wykeham--ever a thorn in Owen's side--dies on the way, a brief investigation leads Owen to believe it was murder, possibly aimed at the messenger.When inspection of the documents he was carrying prove to be blank parchments, obviously substituted at some point, Owen and the few people he trusts--including, grudgingly, Geoffrey Chaucer--must not only find who took them, but what they contained, and do so discreetly. It more than likely relates to who will be chosen as Thoresby's successor when he dies. More deaths follow and Owen is pitched into despair when he discovers that one of his most trusted men has betrayed him and he begins to question everything. I love this series and really hope the author continues on with it--she says in the afterward that she's got more adventures planned, but it's been almost 3 years now since this was published. Owen and his wife Lucie and their growing family are among my favorites, and I liked this book much better than the last one. Not sure why, but I found this very enjoyable and an interesting take on the author's view of things. It's not always easy to deal with a lot of characters who were real people but she does so very plausibly I think.
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This review is from: A Vigil of Spies (Hardcover)
As Archbishop Thoresby's life draws to a close, Owen Archer guards him at Bishopthorpe, his property outside York. Very little of the action takes place in York, and Archer's family has a smaller role in this story.Instead, Archer contends with murder and political intrigue on his own, in a less-familiar setting. Whom should he trust? And who is behind the danger that disturbs the archbishop's final days? Archer finds help from unexpected sources as he ferrets out the culprits and protects the master he has often judged. Though I missed Owen's home in York, the story provides an unexpected look at the movers and shakers of his world and left me wanting the next in the series. Candace Robb's characters become friends, leaving you with the desire to learn what happens next in their lives.
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This is the latest book in the Owen Archer series. I have all the books in this series and they are keepers. They are well written and the characters are real people of their times. I am hoping that Ms. Robb writes more even though one of her main real People the Archbishop of York dies at the end of this one. Owen and his family have dangling ends. I want to know what happens to his adopted son. I care about these people.
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