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The Alehouse Murders
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Start date
July 11, 2012
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July 14, 2012

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Dolly
This is the first book in the Templar Knight Mystery series by Maureen Ash. It is a fascinating story and reminds me of the Justin de Quincy series by Sharon Kay Penman.

The description of the times in medieval England is interesting and the story is filled with deceit and intrigue. It's a quick read and a decent bit of brain candy, perfect for a summer trip. I really enjoyed this story and will certainly look for more of the books in this series at my local library.

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Doris
This murder mystery was interesting in the way it wound through and showed relationship tangles through the various families and caste lines, and even showed that the current state of affairs of the world are not so very different from those nearly a millennia ago. The only two real differences are that the prostitutes, although not welcome in society, were not hunted down as vermin by the police of the day, and the other was not so very different really, in that the women might have power and i ...more