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  • Servant of Death

  • Bradecote and Catchpoll
  • By: Sarah Hawkswood
  • Narrated by: Matt Addis
  • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (122 ratings)
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Servant of Death

By: Sarah Hawkswood
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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Summary

The much-feared and hated Eudo - the Lord Bishop of Winchester's clerk - is bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey and laid before the altar in the attitude of a penitent. Everyone who had contact with him had reason to dislike him, but who had reason to kill him?

The Sheriff of Worcestershire's thief taker, wily Serjeant Catchpoll, and his new and unwanted superior, Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, have to find the answer. And as the claustrophobic walls of the abbey close in on the suspects, the killer strikes again....

©2014 Sarah Hawkswood (P)2017 Isis Publishing Ltd

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Possibly the new Ellis Peters

Great book a perfect blend of PD James and Ellis Peters. There is real promise with these novels i can only hope they live up to it.

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Pretty good

I can to this because I like the reader and was hoping for a cadfael replacement. I found that having this book read the names were not memorable either in the pace they came in or the descriptions. Do I spent quite a bit of time trying to work out who people were and what was happening.

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I found it difficult to get into...

I picked this because of some excellent reviews and an obvious similarity to Ellis Peters/Cadfael. Having got to the end, I think that, overall, it was a good story, but it took me a very long time to get into it. I must have restarted the book at least three times, giving up each time because of the slow start to this story, although I did like the voice characterisations of the Narrator a lot.

I'm glad that I persisted as turns out to be a good yarn, but it definitely took effort and commitment to get to the end. I listen almost exclusively in the car, whilst driving, and I like stuff that has a little bit of pace and keeps me interested. I think this needed too much effort in the listening to get into, and I don't have that while driving.

I'd like to say I'd try this author again, but I'll definitely leave it a while before I do...

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Good storyline

I struggled with the start...confused by the introduction of so many characters...but I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and the characters. I look forward to the next book. 😊

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Confused and delayed ending

Not bad, not Ellis Peters, as the insulting way women were framed was never in EPs narratives.
Mostly though, it was OK up to the denouement, when there was a leap without real explanation and lack of a believable outcome, since the final reason for the murders had not really been part of the clue scattering prior to it.
Too many red herrings made for a bit of an incoherent ending.
And honestly the framing of most female characters as weak, feeble and simpering was not true even in Medieval England, and became insulting throughout this male perspective story.

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Really enjoyable

I really enjoyed the story and the narration. Matt Addis does a first rate job and I look forward to the next book.

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tedious

The medieval murder mystery genre is becoming overcrowded and this boring book is an example of the weaker attempts on offer. It reads like the product of a second rate creative writing course. Not recommended.

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brilliant

really enjoyed this book, the reader was excellent. looking forward to the next book i

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In the fine tradition of light historical crime

The story was interesting enough and easy to follow with a character pot that wasn’t too large to baffle us. Each of the main characters were well drawn enough to be individuals but not enough to challenge their credibility (the historical aspects being on the light side).

This is historical crime fiction which has a tinge of romance and is certainly more about entertainment than historical fact. Which it does perfectly well.

The narrator was a sound choice.

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Servant of death

I stuck with the story tho it never really seemed to get going. Yes it did have echoes of Ellis Peters but very distant ones. Narration was excellent
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