
Ordeal by Fire
Bradecote and Catchpoll
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Narrated by:
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Matt Addis
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By:
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Sarah Hawkswood
About this listen
September 1143. Bradecote is a minor landowner and newly appointed under-sheriff. His sergeant, Catchpoll, is a weather-beaten, wily and experienced thief-taker who always looks to be one step ahead of any villain. Bradecote though quite new to the job brings an effectively analytical eye to the investigation. A series of fires around the city seem linked, and Bradecote and Catchpoll have to piece together the vengeful motive that links them in order to uncover the arsonist.
©2016 Sarah Hawkswood (P)2017 Isis Publishing LtdA great tale!
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Lovely characters
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Great little book
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Sarah Hawkswood has a flair for the characterisation and Matt Addis captures them exactly as I imagined them in the book, his grizzled Catchpoll landing perfectly between hardened soldier and instrument of true justice.
If you enjoy Cadfael or any mediaeval murder mystery, or even a fantasy adventure then you will enjoy this. Highly recommended and I look forward to more from both Addis and Hawkswood.
True Voice Acting & Engaging Story
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Look forward to hearing the next book.
Enjoyed this reading. Characters were made to live
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As books series go this one is fast becoming a favourite and the setting seems familiar after enjoying Cadfael for so long (still on my read again list as I love the stories so much).
I love following Bradecote as he follows his new role as Under Sheriff on his 2nd investigation and seeing the relationship between him and his Serjeant developing.
I’m not sure how the skill of the author pulls me so deep into the story and the point in history it is set in but it’s so natural to be there it feels foreign to hear the trains running over the viaduct a quarter of a mile from my home as I type this review.
Read this series is all I can recommend especially if you’ve loved Cadfael, and if you love well crafted murder mysteries.
Mediaeval murder mystery
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Entertaining Historical Novel
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In this, her second book in the series, Sarah Hawkswood has honed her craft. There was a great deal less head hopping, her plot was neatly stitched, and the historical details cleverly woven through the whole.
This isn’t great literature, but it is a well craft, entertaining and lively medieval whodunnit of the best sort. I’m off to start book 3.
Cracking 2nd Installment
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It took me a while to realise that this clearly isn't the first Bradecote and Catchpoll story (it's the second in the series) and (because I'm maybe a bit weird about reading things in the correct order) that irritated me because there are several references to the first book throughout.
I definitely want to hear more of these two however so hope that Audible will be getting the first and third books.
Not the first book in the series
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Another great book
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