Description
Book Synopsis`Chris Nickson works his usual magic, populating late medieval Chesterfield with characters that are clearly of their time and yet jump off the page, vibrant and familiar.
Trade Review"The author powerfully evokes a sense of time and place with all the detailed and meticulous research he has carried out for this very suspenseful and well plotted story of corruption and murder." "Eurocrime"" "[Nickson] makes us feels as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable novel a powerful immediacy." "Booklist"" "This solid...whodunit will appeal to fans of Deryn Lake." --Publishers Weekly, 1/25/2016 -This solid...whodunit will appeal to fans of Deryn Lake.- --Publishers Weekly, 1/25/2016 -[Nickson] makes us feels as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable novel a powerful immediacy.- --Booklist -The author powerfully evokes a sense of time and place with all the detailed and meticulous research he has carried out for this very suspenseful and well plotted story of corruption and murder.- --Eurocrime
