Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 9/30/2022 + 2797 more book reviews

While I enjoy this series, some of the books in it seem over played, in that they are excessively gruesome and convoluted. But I really enjoyed this one. In fact, I think it is one of Doherty's best about Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston.

It took me overly long to figure out how the murders in the locked room occurred. You would think after reading so many books with this common plot device, I would have known. Alas, it wasn't until late in the book when Doherty drops the hint I realized how it was done.

And I had to admire how Thibault---the series' most hated good guy---overcame his promise to allow the bad guy off free and eliminated his foes. But what a shame he came off with all the credit too.

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