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It is 1171, and four children in Cambridge have been horribly murdered. The locals blame the resident Jews, and have lynched two of them, and the others have fled for safety to the local royal castle. Henry II, who values his Jews because they are worth so much tax revenue, has sent to Sicily for an investigator, or "fixer," and a "master of the art of death," who can say exactly how the children died. What he gets is Simon of Naples (the investigator), a mistress of the art of death, one Vesuvi
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I'm not sure what made me buy this on audio, but I enjoyed it. The female protagonist is interesting and her character is reasonably well drawn. Of course it is historically inaccurate to have this self-contained female forensic scientist in the medieval period, but I think it's done subtlety enough to get away with it. I enjoyed the slow development in her romantic relationship, and Rowley is a great character. The secondary characters are also good. The plot was engaging, the suspense just abo
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I love this series. I read them a bit out of order by starting with the third book but that did not detract from the story nor make it difficult to follow. I think they actually seem to get better as they go along.
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