Her fifth novel BLOOD LANCE was named one of the Ten Hot Crime Novels for Colder Days by Kirkus Reviews, and her sixth, SHADOW OF THE ALCHEMIST, was named Best of. Neither the solution nor the recreation of the period stands out. Los Angeles native JERI WESTERSON is the author of fifteen Crispin Guest Medieval Noir Mystery novels, a series nominated for thirteen national awards from the Agatha to the Shamus.

Anachronistic language (“Welcome to my world”) and clunky phrasing (“Something about it stirred the cauldron of his thoughts, but try as he might, it would not rise to the surface”) don’t help an unmemorable plot. Guest concludes that the killer is alive and in the Cobmartin home after he finds that crucial household records from 1378 have just been burnt. The remains are believed to be those of Wilfrid Roke, a servant whose disappearance coincided with the theft. Now he must use his wits to survive in a dark and dangerous world he hardly knew existed. Crispin Guest lost everything but his life after plotting against King Richard II. Jeri Westerson was born and raised in Los Angeles.

The man’s bound hands hold a gem-studded gold reliquary, which was stolen from the household 20 years earlier. 4, 2008 A disgraced knight earns a meager living as a private inquiry agent in 1383 London. Sword of Shadows (A Crispin Guest Mystery, 13) ISBN 13: 9781780296753. Her books have been nominated for the Shamus, the Macavity and the Agatha awards. As well as nine previous Crispin Guest medieval mysteries, she is the author of a paranormal urban fantasy series and several historical novels. In Westerson’s middling 14th medieval noir (after 2019’s Sword of Shadows), set in 1398 London, disgraced knight Crispin Guest, now an investigator known as the Tracker, is summoned to the home of his friend Nigellus Cobmartin after a man’s skeleton is found plastered into a wall. : Sword of Shadows (A Crispin Guest Mystery, 13) (9781780296753) by Westerson, Jeri and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Jeri Westerson was born and raised in Los Angeles.

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