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Cathedral of Bones

Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries, Book 1

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Cathedral of Bones

By: J. G. Lewis
Narrated by: Madeleine Brolly
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Salisbury, 1226

A young pregnant woman is found tangled in reeds in the river Avon, her identity a mystery. Grieving widow Ela Longespée is determined to succeed her husband as sheriff of Salisbury, and quickly takes charge of the investigation. She soon finds herself in the thick of a neighborhood scandal and a struggle to maintain her authority. With multiple suspects, can she identify the true killer?

©2019 J. G. Lewis (P)2020 J. G. Lewis Historical Mystery Fiction
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And i am dreading listening to the final book number 10 because i don't want Ela's story to end, every book in this series is astounding, i have reviewed some books but not all.

If you start this book you will want to do them all, The narration throughout is amazing, one of the best in all books i own by far!
Madeleine Brolly pulls off even male voices extremely well, she does a well good variety of different voices and none are ever the same in any given book.
Ela also has a background story that is kept alive throughout the series aswell as the investigating of the main crime in the book.

Every book has its twists and turns, i was kept guessing, also some of the later ones are laid out very differently to step away somewhat from same manner within each person maybe murdered and the way the story is told.
Ela does face some very strong challenges along the way aswell in the later books.

I found pretty much each character has a story to tell and some are very deep, even the criminals.
I never found the books boring, most of them i completed in 2 days.

I have listened and completed books 1-9

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I struggled though the start of this audio book, but enjoyed the ending and am warming to the character, will try book 2 , however may return , see how it goes .

struggled

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really different, good to listen to something new. looking forward to the new book. strong characters with a theme starting

Great female lead character

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It's a nice change to hear a story of this period centred around a strong female character. I really enjoyed listening to it.

A thoroughly enjoyable story a beautifully read.

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An interesting insight into medieval English life and justice. The fact that is is based upon a real female Sheriff even more so, as it describes the battle she had against male prejudice to claim her right to be Sheriff.
Looking forward to the next book.

A strong Medieval Woman

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