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1171 CE. Cambridge England, the outskirts. Near both chalk hills and fens. Who loves fens for no reason? I do! Bog land, marshy ground with so many soft spots, it takes a local to lead the way through, or else you drown.
Next, the lead character in this book is Not a local. She spends the entire plot aggravating the locals while she solves a series of murder mysteries.
Despite the action taking place just after the Dark Ages, our author Ariana Franklin obviously did a load of research to bring fo ...more
Next, the lead character in this book is Not a local. She spends the entire plot aggravating the locals while she solves a series of murder mysteries.
Despite the action taking place just after the Dark Ages, our author Ariana Franklin obviously did a load of research to bring fo ...more
Great murder mystery, interesting set up. A woman doctor, trained in the Mid-East comes to Henry II's England to solve a series of murders. And the award for most unlikely combination of protagonist setting and plot goes to....
but it's well done, the mystery is actually really interesting and NOT solveable by the reader. The ending was a little silly, she ends up being the mistress to a man who becomes bishop. eh. ...more
but it's well done, the mystery is actually really interesting and NOT solveable by the reader. The ending was a little silly, she ends up being the mistress to a man who becomes bishop. eh. ...more
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