A 3-book box set containing “Season of the Raven”, “Season of the Fox, and “Lost Innocents”SEASON OF THE RAVENA Miller Found Under His WheelIt’s 1194 and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire’s newly appointed Keeper of the Pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller’s death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his ‘penance’, the shire’s first Crowner must thread … first Crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn’t and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.
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SEASON OF THE FOX
RAISE THE HUE AND CRY!
A wealthy merchant has been murdered in his own home, and the suspect has fled to sanctuary in a local church. Enter Sir Faucon de Ramis, the king’s new Keeper of the Pleas, to solve the murder, assisted by his prickly secretary, Brother Edmund. This time, the hunt leads Sir Faucon into the upside down world of a woman’s trade where the merchant’s wife owns the business — Unheard of! — only to discover he isn’t the only one on the hunt.
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LOST INNOCENTS
Into The Woods
A leper’s daughter is found in the well of a dying hamlet and the only suspect has fled into Feckenham Forest. But the sun is setting and Warwickshire’s sheriff is hunting his shire’s new Crowner. That sends Sir Faucon de Ramis and Brother Edmund, his prickly clerk, racing for a nearby abbey only to meet the man he least wishes to see at the abbey gates. Before long, Faucon finds himself riding into the dark at Sir Alain’s side as they hunt for yet another lost innocent.
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I really enjoyed this series. Though this author has other books that could be described as romantic or lusty, these focus more on early origins of science and observation being used to solve crimes. The authors ability to put you into 12th Century England is amazing, I really like that she uses old English phrases and gives the reader credit for the ability to grasp the meaning rather than tying the story down with a lot of explanations. I really enjoyed this series and would recommend as light entertainment,
really like this series, good mysteries.
I am a huge historical fiction fan – that is, I love well-written and researched historical fiction. I know enough about this era to recognize a novel written by someone educated enough about this time period in a almost unconsciously natural way.
The book presents many well-thought-out characters and their actions and speech are very realistic. It can be difficult to create verisimilitude of this sort without stilted speech or uneccesary scenery included just for the purpose of trying to demonstrate that the writer has done his or her research.
I am very impressed and have begun reading more of this writer’s work.
Interesting characters. Historically accurate. Fun read.
Very fun! I always like historical novels that teach you a little bout the laws and social customs of the time in which the story takes place!
I found it ok but very tedious!
Good read; well developed characters in historical fiction.
Excellent story telling & research into everyday life in the Middle Ages! Fantastic character development with great attention to detail. I really enjoyed all three books and will continue the series!
I can usually predict a who-dun-it but this was inventive and the characters well thought out and interesting. I’d recommend this if you like period crime novels.
Did not like this book only read the first few pages.
This is an excellent series. The characters and dialogue seem very realistic for this historical setting. The situations also seem accurate. A very enjoyable read.
I enjoy well written historical novels. I plan to read the rest of the series.
Not for me!
I enjoyed the way mysteries were solved. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Great read, can’t wait for the next book.
gives murder mysteries a new twist
Historical CSI work by interesting characters
Author left too many loose ends. . .
I love mysteries. I enjoy historical fiction. This set is very good on both. The three book series takes a knight in the year 1194 into a new line of work. His influential relations provide him a living so that he can become a servant of the king and make sure that all taxes due the king are actually delivered to the king. The part of the job he likes most is the detective work of solving murder. His official title is “coronarius” and is the beginning of the profession we know as “coroner”. The series focuses on the job and its tasks. They are not long and don’t go into the kind of detail I would have preferred about the carnivarous personal life.
A good look into people behind crimes. This has not changed in a thousand years and probably will not change in the future. The leads for future books are well done. The other developed characters are a bit too predictable for my taste but better than anything found on TV these days.