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The Butcher Bird

Oswald de Lacy Book 2

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The Butcher Bird

Yazan: S D Sykes
Seslendiren: Ewan Goddard
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 Oswald de Lacey is growing up fast in his new position as Lord of Somershill Manor. The Black Death changed many things, and just as it took away his father and elder brothers, leaving Oswald to be recalled from the monastery where he expected to spend his life, so it has taken many of his villagers and servants. However, there is still the same amount of work to be done in the farms and fields, and the few people left to do it think they should be paid more - something the King himself has forbidden.

Just as anger begins to spread, the story of the Butcher Bird takes flight. People claim to have witnessed a huge creature in the skies. A new-born baby is found impaled on a thorn bush. And then more children disappear.

Convinced the bird is just a superstitious rumour, Oswald must discover what is really happening. He can expect no help from his snobbish mother and his scheming sister Clemence, who is determined to protect her own child, but happy to neglect her step-daughters.

From the plague-ruined villages of Kent to the thief-infested streets of London and the luxurious bedchamber of a bewitching lady, Oswald's journey is full of danger, dark intrigue and shocking revelations.

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Comparisons to the master of historical crime, CJ Sansom, are inevitable and, in this case, justified.
The whodunnit aspect is neatly done, the family secrets and waspish relationships are intriguing, and humour and originality are abundant.
Trouble, and its attendant duties, confront the reluctant young lord on nearly every page of this eventful, engrossing, informative mystery set in mid-14th-century Kent.
Sykes establishes herself firmly as a major talent.
Praise for PLAGUE LAND (:)
There's a nice, cliché-free sharpness to Sykes' writing . . . that suggests a medieval Raymond Chandler at work, and there are no phony celebrations of the peasantry or earth-mothers thrusting herbal concoctions down grateful throats. Plenty of action and interesting characters, without intervention of the libertarian modern conscience that so often wrecks the medieval historical novel.
The medieval CJ Sansom (Jeffery Deaver)
PLAGUE LAND is a fascinating historical crime novel about a world turned upside down, inhabited by a rich cast of characters. A terrific debut and a wonderful start to a brand-new series. (Antonia Hodgson, author of THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA)
Sykes has really reset the bar for medieval mysteries . . . every clue brings with it unexpected twists and turns. When you think you know who the killer is, you're slapped with yet another surprise.
Sykes's debut provides everything a reader would want in a historical mystery: a gripping plot, vivid language, living and breathing characters, and an immersive depiction of the past.
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I'm enjoying this series. I struggled with the narrator for the first chapter but his youthfulness reflects the age of the main character and I've quickly grown to like his voice.

thoroughly enjoyable

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Enjoyed Character development & felt entire book flowed well. Will try more from this author and also narrator

Enough twists & turns to keep me well entertained

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Story improved in the last chapters but not what I was hoping for. Not a total waste of money but I’d think twice about buying another book by this author. Didn’t enjoy the narration at all.

Sounded like a medieval Adrian Mole but not as funny.

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