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To Kill or Cure

The Thirteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

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To Kill or Cure

By: Susanna Gregory
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels, and the plague years have left the colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at boiling point and soon explodes into violence and death. Into this maelstrom comes a charismatic physician whose healing methods owe more to magic than medicine, but his success threatens Matthew Bartholomew's professional reputation - and his life....

©2017 Susanna Gregory (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group Crime Fiction Fiction Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Detective Crime

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This is possibly my favourite so far, working through from the beginning. They are always better in my opinion when the motley crew at Michael House are involved and in this story much time was spent there. Fair enough Clixby and Sutton were missing but Brother William was on form with his rabid hatred of Dominicans, whom he blames for everything with such uncompromising virulence that it always makes me laugh. Plenty of twists and turns and Matthew and Michael are as slow as ever but then with Matthew's naivety and basic goodness and Michael not being able to pass the Brazen George for some nosh and ale, it is no wonder. The usual high mortality rate but our intrepid duo plod on regardless, going round in circles whilst they occasionally manage to carry out their teaching roles. Death or no these books are such fun.

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Enjoyed David Thorpe the narrator. He has really helped me to produce a good mind picture of each character. He enhances the story. Typical intricate plot, but that is why I like it. Am able to listen to this again and again. I regularly go through the whole collection every few years.
Haven’t found anything of the same standard of writing to compare. Language use excellent and no sex scenes or bad language included. Which just goes to prove that good entertainment can be achieved without such salacious material being included.

Excellent plots and subplots.

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One of the best Matthew Bartholomew books. Gripping story and lots of fun! Had to laugh out loud many times! Brilliant!

One of the best!!!!

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Another fantastic book by Susanna Gregory and awesomely narrated by the talented David Thorpe! definitely time spent well listening to 'To Kill Or Cure'

I couldn't turn it off

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I love David Thorpe’s performances and I am so glad he’s back in this book!
The other narrator was fine but not great. Thorpe is great. He is so good it sometimes feels like he can’t possibly be both Brother Michael and Bartholomew the voices are so different.
I enjoy his pacing too.
Susanna Gregory’s books a great. Formulaic but great. The perfect cozy medieval mystery. And a good narrator like David Thorpe makes them really shine!
These are listens I will come back to again and again.
I’m so frustrated with the Mathilde storyline though. She did what was right for her and Bartholomew is lame not to have just talked to her about his feelings and plans.
But to just up and vanish? Girl, why?!
So basically what I’m saying is, Mathilde, girl, call me. I just want to talk.

Oh thank goodness Thorpe is back!

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