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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Reread this mystery. Still enjoying the series.
I didn't realize this was the second in a series but there's really no issue picking things up (That's one of the things I like about mysteries). Sir Baldwin is a former Templar Knight who survived their destruction, livingnow in England, awaiting the visit of his friend, Simon, the Baliff and Simon's wife, Margaret. Baldwin gets a surprise visit from Bource de Beaumont, the son of one his friends whose looking for his former nurse who got him out of a disputed territority during the Crusades when he was a baby. This nurse, Agatha, is a midwife and 'witch' in Baldwin's lands and is quickly murdered.
Baldwin and Simon have the task of solving her murder and have few suspects. One of them being Bourc and the other Harold Greencliff a young man and farmer. Also there was a mysterious well to do woman visiting the hedgewitch for reasons unknown. As they investigate, Greencliff takes off and it's rumored he's having an affair with a wealthy married woman. Baldwin and Simon have to deal with two wealthy merchants, Trevellayn and de la Forte, both of them having ties to the Crusades.
The killer isn't done with just Agatha and there's a winter storm coming on.
It was fairly enjoyable. Baldwin and Simon are interesting though this uses omniscient point of view with head hopping so it didn't feel like we got to know anyone well. Though this is called a Knight's Templar mystery Baldwin's past almost never enters the story, except where he knows the disreptuable way the two merchants made their money.
The real weak point, for me, is the 'romance' between Trevellayn's wife and Baldwin. They share less than a dozen sentences and he becomes obessessed with her and wants her to be his wife. It's a little creepy and dumb. Oh well.
Still it was a fun mystery over all though the motivations and the end was fairly easy to deduce.
Baldwin and Simon have the task of solving her murder and have few suspects. One of them being Bourc and the other Harold Greencliff a young man and farmer. Also there was a mysterious well to do woman visiting the hedgewitch for reasons unknown. As they investigate, Greencliff takes off and it's rumored he's having an affair with a wealthy married woman. Baldwin and Simon have to deal with two wealthy merchants, Trevellayn and de la Forte, both of them having ties to the Crusades.
The killer isn't done with just Agatha and there's a winter storm coming on.
It was fairly enjoyable. Baldwin and Simon are interesting though this uses omniscient point of view with head hopping so it didn't feel like we got to know anyone well. Though this is called a Knight's Templar mystery Baldwin's past almost never enters the story, except where he knows the disreptuable way the two merchants made their money.
The real weak point, for me, is the 'romance' between Trevellayn's wife and Baldwin. They share less than a dozen sentences and he becomes obessessed with her and wants her to be his wife. It's a little creepy and dumb. Oh well.
Still it was a fun mystery over all though the motivations and the end was fairly easy to deduce.
This is the worst book I've read in some time.
The author can't even punctuate properly.
The author can't even punctuate properly.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Good mystery, I was kept guessing until the end. I say diverse characters because solid female characters present, otherwise for medieval England not a lot of diversity.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I guess it might be a bit of a bad sign that I can barely remember this story and I only read it a couple months ago.
So far this series is a standard, run of the mill, medieval mystery. Easy to read, good mystery and likeable characters.
So far this series is a standard, run of the mill, medieval mystery. Easy to read, good mystery and likeable characters.
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No