Servant of Death

This delightful English historical mystery is the 1st part of the "Bradecote & Catchpoll" series. Its has been my first experience as a reader with this author and I have to admit that it has been an excellent and also a very enjoyable one. Storytelling is excellent, and although its a new kind of sty......more

Apparently this is my third book from the series, but I did not remember having read two others. My oh my...brain freeze/memory failing...old age. I see I liked the other two books and I have a feeling I would not have gone on with the series had I read the first one first. I thought there were enti......more

Perfectly fine - but nothing more than that. It was a simple and diverting murder mystery, but lacked the charm or style of Ellis Peters, an inevitable comparison given it's set in an abbey during the war of Stephen and Maud. the investigation was a little plodding and laid out rather too simply in......more

This, the first in the Bradecote and Catchpoll murder series was recommended by a goodreads "book friend". It is set, not quite a 100 years after the conquest by William of Normandy and during the time of strife between Stephen and Maud over the throne. The time period reminds me of the Cadfael series......more