A review by crankyfacedknitter
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters

4.0

I always enjoy the style of writing in these books. They're formal and just foreign enough in narration and dialogue, being set in the 1100's, and stylistically as accurate as is readable. The juxtaposition of this tone with a murder mystery, which I feel is a far more recent trend, and heavily reliant on deduction and observation (being limited by the scientific understanding of the time), is a good deal of fun. It doesn't hurt that the main character has a sense of humor when he's dealing with all of these rash, energetic, passionate young people and their absolute certainties in all matters.