Author: Susanna Gregory Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Crime, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780751533415 0751533416 |
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Cambridge 1354. Christmas approaches and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. As the physician, Matthew Bartholomew, struggles to help the poorer citizens cope with freezing temperatures, his colleagues prepare for the festivities. The weather has trapped many travellers in the town, including Matthew's erstwhile love, Philippa. She and her wealthy husband are invited to Michaelhouse for the main feast, and Matthew is horrified that he does not immediately recognise the over-weight, sulky woman who once stole his heart. In some ways he is relieved to accept Brother Michael's orders to identify a man found dead, apparently from exposure, in a nearby church, but the success of his mission brings him closer to Philippa's circle, for the man was her husband's servant. And then the husband himself is dead, victim of an accident on the treacherous ice of the fens - or was it a more sinister death, somehow linked to the death of one of his business rivals months earlier in London? Susanna Gregory again brings medieval Cambridge to rich and vibrant life in a beautifully crafted mystery.
This book is part of the "Matthew Bartholomew" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "A Grave Concern" First published in 2016 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "To Kill or Cure" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Hand of Justice" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "An Order for Death" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Masterly Murder" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Wicked Deed" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Deadly Brew" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Bone of Contention" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "An Unholy Alliance" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Lost Abbot" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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