As a time period, Elizabethan England is a perfect setting for a historical mystery.
For a country that’s riddled with suspicion through religion and plots, and constantly feels threatened by invasion, it easily conveys a sense of those who are ignored and seen as vermin of society just because they’re poor or deformed or any number of other reasons to be forgotten about or ill treated.
For Nicholas Shelby, the truth of the country he lives in is brought to his attention by the little boy used for a dissection.
Nicholas seems to be the only person who can see that the little boy was actually murdered and is the only one who cares but when he tries to have something done about it and have the murder looked into, he gets fobbed off by being told that he’s just a sentimental expectant father.
But when more bodies start turning up with the same markings, all seeming to be the most vulnerable people of the city, he starts looking into it himself with the help of tavern owner Bianca Merton.
This book had me drawn in from the first pages. The story flows nicely and keeps you guessing with plenty of detail and character depth.
I enjoyed reading it and will definitely have to look out for more by this author in the future!
For a country that’s riddled with suspicion through religion and plots, and constantly feels threatened by invasion, it easily conveys a sense of those who are ignored and seen as vermin of society just because they’re poor or deformed or any number of other reasons to be forgotten about or ill treated.
For Nicholas Shelby, the truth of the country he lives in is brought to his attention by the little boy used for a dissection.
Nicholas seems to be the only person who can see that the little boy was actually murdered and is the only one who cares but when he tries to have something done about it and have the murder looked into, he gets fobbed off by being told that he’s just a sentimental expectant father.
But when more bodies start turning up with the same markings, all seeming to be the most vulnerable people of the city, he starts looking into it himself with the help of tavern owner Bianca Merton.
This book had me drawn in from the first pages. The story flows nicely and keeps you guessing with plenty of detail and character depth.
I enjoyed reading it and will definitely have to look out for more by this author in the future!