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A review by lauraellis
The Nightingale Gallery by Paul Doherty, P. Harding
2.0
A mystery set in the years of [just after] Edward III’s death, when John of Gaunt was acting as regent for Richard II. Brother Athelstan is a friar acting as assistant to the king’s coroner and they are investigating the death of a goldsmith, with bodies of others piling up as they persist.
I thought this book suffered from an excess of period details, and also it did not keep my attention—it took me several days to finish this mystery [at a time in my life when I had lots of spare time to read].
2020 note: In the 1990s I tired of mysteries that have religious persons (nuns, monks, priests, ministers) as detectives.
I thought this book suffered from an excess of period details, and also it did not keep my attention—it took me several days to finish this mystery [at a time in my life when I had lots of spare time to read].
2020 note: In the 1990s I tired of mysteries that have religious persons (nuns, monks, priests, ministers) as detectives.