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REVIEW of The Canterbury Murders (Stanton & Barling #3) by E.M. Powell

Canterbury. One of the holiest sites in twelfth-century England, and one of the unluckiest. Not only has the lead-lined roof of the monumental cathedral melted to ash in a conflagration, but now one of the stonemasons repairing the building has been murdered in a horrific manner…

December 31, 2020
REVIEW of The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling #2) by E.M. Powell

Stanton and Barling are back, this time to solve a murder at a monastery where undefined animosities simmer under the surface. After Cuthbert doesn’t ring the bell to wake his fellow monks for divine offices, they find him gruesomely murdered in the grate of the kitchen fireplace. Much to Stanton’s dismay, the king’s men are…

August 24, 2018
REVIEW of The Lord of Ireland (The Fifth Knight #3), by E.M. Powell

Sir Benedict Palmer is older than when we last saw him, but King Henry doesn’t mean to let him rest his tired bones. The king has just bestowed the lordship of Ireland on his greedy and rapacious son John Lackland, and Benedict’s been sent along to keep an eye on the boy and watch out…

June 18, 2018
REVIEW of The King’s Justice (Stanton & Barling #1), by E.M. Powell

Hugo Stanton, a messenger for King Henry II’s court of justice, has been having a very bad week. Not only was he forced to witness the accidental drowning of an innocent man (during trial by ordeal), but he has also been set upon and beaten by cutpurses. And to top it all off, he has…

May 10, 2018
REVIEW of The Fifth Knight, by E.M. Powell

I have had The Fifth Knight on my wishlist for ever-so-long. I had already encountered the author, E.M. Powell, and her writing on-line through her excellent historical blog posts. But when I finally received the book for my birthday in October, I found myself second-guessing whether I really wanted to read it. It’s alternate history.…

April 10, 2016

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