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The Incubus (Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery Book 4) Kindle Edition
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Until the Spanish army arrives, spreading across the plain below towering cliffs. And someone is murdering women so subtly the first the deaths go unnoticed.
Thomas and Jorge are once more thrown into the pursuit of a killer as the world around them changes, and the end of a once great civilisation draws closer. Can they unmask the Incubus before he steals the breath of more victims?
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 13, 2017
- File size2221 KB
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- ASIN : B01NAC7O9H
- Publisher : Rivertree Print (February 13, 2017)
- Publication date : February 13, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 2221 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 400 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #80,738 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #510 in Historical Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #1,020 in Historical Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #1,112 in Historical Thrillers (Books)
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About the author

David Penny is the author of the Thomas Berrington Historical Mysteries set in the chaotic final years of Moorish al-Andalus in Spain. He started writing again after a lapse of almost 40 years. After being traditionally published in his 20’s with four science fiction novels, he chose to publish independently on his return to writing. David’s work is available in eBook, print and audio, as well as a translation into Spanish.
When he's not writing David walks Max the dog, travels, and continues to unsuccessfully learn how to play the guitar.
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I have read 4 books in the series and am looking forward to completing the series.
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I'd forgotten that I'd preordered the latest in David Penny's Thomas Berrington series, but was glad to find it. Although I had no idea what an incubus was, I was confident that book 4 in the Thomas Berrington series would be a cracking holiday read.
This time, Thomas's first whiff of a murder mystery appears while he is escorting a hundred Moorish refugees to safety in war-torn territory where Spanish troops are eroding the power of the Moors. After a hazardous journey they take refuge in the soon-to-be-besieged clifftop town of Ronda, (stupidly, I took a while to stop mentally reading it as Rhondda, an entirely different place!) Here the mystery thickens, and Thomas is torn between tracking down a serial killer and seeking resolution to the conflict between the two cultures that is decimating lives and territory. There is an uncomfortable irony in Thomas and his trusty team of fiancee Lubna and sidekick Jorge spending so much time pursuing the perpetrator of a serial killer while so many lives are lost as a matter of course in the battles between Moors and Spanish.
While Thomas is of course a surgeon rather than a soldier, his combative skills are called on more than ever in this book. There are many scenes of hand-to-hand fighting, as well as numerous grisly deaths. Normally I'd baulk at scenes of violence, not because I am squeamish about blood, but because I don't like life being cheapened, but in these books, although there are many deaths, the fighting is done with appropriate surgical precision, and the descriptions do not at all glorify the violence. Indeed, there are at least two points where Thomas, who should be hardened to such things, muses on the fragility of life and the closeness of life and death, "separated by a heartbeat", and the many deaths make life seem more valuable rather than less, and that's what makes the bloodshed tolerable to me as a reader.
As with previous books in the series, there is plenty of historical detail, with real characters woven into the story. While it is very much a historical chronicle, it is also an especially interesting read for our times, with power changing hands and cultures clashing, with Thomas, as neither Moor nor Spaniard, caught up in the middle. Reading the word "refugees" in the context of medieval history startled me somewhat, and led me to a bit of "plus ca change" reflection. was also bemused by Thomas worrying in the midst of all the mayhem as to whether he's spending enough quality time with his soul-mate Lubna (my words, not his), and these human touches also temper the bloody plots with kindness and compassion.
The new strand introduced about the African slave trade and its impact on maritime history adds another layer to this fascinating series, and I'm looking forward now to seeing that further developed in future books.

The story of Thomas Barrington reaches the siege of Ronda and a hunt for a serial killer, whose trade mark seems to be a taste for beautiful victims. As always Berrington's skills as doctor, sleuth and soldier are in great demand and his irascible nature seems to be getting no better.
Looking forward to the next one.


