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Eighth in the Crowner John Series Bernard Knight, or to give him his correct title, Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, was a pathologist to the Home office until 1980 when he was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology at the University of Wales College of medicine, 1980. He has written the extremely successful Crowner John series of medieval mysteries, of which there are now ten or eleven books, His character Crowner John is certainly among my favourite characters in medieval mysteries. Exeter, 1195. Sir John de Wolfe is facing the... more info
The Strange Case of the Missing Mystery Lovers of medieval mysteries will find plenty of medievalism and precious little mystery in this John Crowner yarn. It is a sound enough adventure, with plenty of blood and open sewage flowing through the streets of an authentic twelfth-century Exeter, but don't expect to be presented with a puzzle or dazzled by the deductive powers of the sleuth.
The style is rather stilted, often reading like a dry history text rather than an entertainment. I know fans of this genre crave plenty of historical fact with... more info
Fantastic, highly recommended I have read all of Bernard Knight's book's. I've just finished reading the witch hunter and I think it was his best so far. He has a wonderful way of bringing the past. Just brilliant!! Read it, you won't be disappointed!!!!
