Book Description: When Bampton’s coroner, Hubert Shillside, does not return from a trip to Oxford, Master Hugh de Singleton is called. Concerned for his old friend, Hugh takes to the road to investigate. Travel is safer than in times hence but, out of sight of prying eyes, it is still unwise to travel alone…Hugh finds a body, stabbed and left to rot, but it is not the body he was expecting to find. Indeed, reports of pillage, attacks, and chaos on the roads out of Oxford suddenly seem rampant. Hugh must ascertain whether the incidents are random, or whether something darker is afoot. The guilty cannot afford to be caught, but what lengths will they go to to cover their tracks, and will Hugh escape unscathed?
My Thoughts: I've enjoyed reading about Master Hugh de Singleton from his very first adventure.
This is book 10! I could barely believe it! Ten chronicles of Hugh de Singleton!
This read was slightly different than the others, in the fact, that Hugh is being sought after he finds a dead body. Hugh was traveling a lonely
road when he came upon a dead body that had been stabbed but this is not the body he was expecting to find. It seems that there are many attacks but Hugh must determine if the attacks are from one individual or if this is the work of a team . . . is something sinister going on?
And when they come after Hugh will he be able to out smart him or them?
This is probably my favorite of Hugh's adventures. Quite interesting with all the history and unsavory acts going on. And it was quite a challenge for me to figure out what was going on.
Well written!
*This book was provided for review by Kregel Publications*
- Series: The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon (Book 10)
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Lion Fiction (October 31, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1782642455
- ISBN-13: 978-1782642459
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