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I starting reading this, not realizing until partway, that it's the third in a series featuring a female Sicilian doctor/coroner who acts as a kind of investigator in 12th-century England. That explained a lot, since there seemed to be a lot of allusions to past events and relationships -- so this is a case where I'd strongly recommending starting with the first book in the series, Mistress of the Art of Death.
Here, King Henry II sends our heroine and her entourage to Glastonbury, to look at som ...more
Here, King Henry II sends our heroine and her entourage to Glastonbury, to look at som ...more
Well constructed historical mystery. A few plot points are overworked but overall a series I plan to come back to from time to time.
A little bit OTT than the previous books but still the same wry humour and mild peril as expected.
Oct 24, 2010
Doina
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