pickA novice monk is forced to steal. Then murders start. Is the legend of a novice who started off stealing and ended up committing murder until he was dragged down to Hell by his victim's ghost being re-played in real life?
Lots of twists and turns, so many in fact I'm not sure I fully understood how all the different threads fitted together even with the final explanations.
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1320s Tavistock, Devon
We open with a monk entertaining novices with a ghost story.
Image sources:
https://www.wilcuma.org.uk/the-history-of-devon-after-1066/towns-and-countryside...
http://www.visitthepast.co.uk/tavistock-abbey-gatehouse-3
pickThe vill of Sticklepath holds many dark secrets and when the skeleton of a young girl is found and rumours of cannibalism abound, Sir Baldwin and friends come to investigate.
The author is very good at invoking an atmosphere but be warned, it's a very depressing one.
panSimon Puttock organises a tournament for Lord Hugh, only to find his efforts come to nothing when bodies turn up and he is cast as main suspect.
Not 1 of the author's best. I kept getting some of the potential suspects muddled and realised who the murderer actually was pretty early on. Also 2 of the victims (out of 5) were a gay couple, IIRC the 1st gay characters in this series, but our sympathies were obviously meant to lie with the murderer.
