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Servant of Death

Bradecote and Catchpoll

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Servant of Death

By: Sarah Hawkswood
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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The much-feared and hated Eudo - the Lord Bishop of Winchester's clerk - is bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey and laid before the altar in the attitude of a penitent. Everyone who had contact with him had reason to dislike him, but who had reason to kill him?

The Sheriff of Worcestershire's thief taker, wily Serjeant Catchpoll, and his new and unwanted superior, Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, have to find the answer. And as the claustrophobic walls of the abbey close in on the suspects, the killer strikes again....

©2014 Sarah Hawkswood (P)2017 Isis Publishing Ltd Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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I really enjoyed the story and the narration. Matt Addis does a first rate job and I look forward to the next book.

Really enjoyable

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The story was interesting enough and easy to follow with a character pot that wasn’t too large to baffle us. Each of the main characters were well drawn enough to be individuals but not enough to challenge their credibility (the historical aspects being on the light side).

This is historical crime fiction which has a tinge of romance and is certainly more about entertainment than historical fact. Which it does perfectly well.

The narrator was a sound choice.

In the fine tradition of light historical crime

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I can to this because I like the reader and was hoping for a cadfael replacement. I found that having this book read the names were not memorable either in the pace they came in or the descriptions. Do I spent quite a bit of time trying to work out who people were and what was happening.

Pretty good

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Having just finished the last book in this series of medieval mysteries I can 5* recommend. Perfectly performed by Matt Adiss (albeit a couple in the middle by Stephen Crossley). The three main characters are a joy and become more rounded as the series progresses and brought to life by the performer. Each mystery is engaging and well written. I’m hoping they’ll be a number 11 very soon. Note to Audible: don’t change the performer!!!! So many audio books are completely spoiled by the narration.

First in series

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Good story but for an audio book there were a lot of different characters to keep track of and I found that confusing.

Good story

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