by Mel Starr
Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Book 4
Historical Christian Fiction / Mystery
Published January 2012
Kregel Publications
240 pages
About the Book
Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cowleys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh and Kate find evidence that this may not be so.
Many of the town had been harmed by Thomas, and Hugh is not eager to send one of them to the gallows. Then he discovers that the priest John Kellet, atte Bridge’s partner in crime in A Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel was covertly in Bampton at the time atte Bridge died.
Master Hugh is convinced that Kellet has murdered atte Bridge--one rogue slaughtering another. He sets out for Exeter, where atte Bridge now works. But there he discovers that the priest is an emaciated skeleton of a man, who mourns the folly of his past life. Hugh must return to Bampton and discover which of his friends has murdered his enemy.
My Thoughts
Before I go any further, I need to confess that I was unable to finish reading this book. Therefore, I won't rate this book as I normally would, but I'll let you know why I didn't finish. I read 60 pages (4 chapters) which was about 25% of the book. I feel like that's a pretty good effort.
The book was narrated in such a way that I just could not get into it. The author uses a lot of vocabulary that would have been used in medieval times (when the book was set). A four-page glossary was included, but the words were throughout each passage, which meant I did a lot of flipping back and forth. I'm usually pretty good with context clues; however, it was so unfamiliar to me that I had a hard time engaging with the book.
While I really wanted to like this book, I just didn't click with it. However, if you enjoy medieval, romance, and/or mysteries, check out some of the other reviews. This might be a better fit for you than it was for me. [Rating: DNF]
Thanks to Kregel Publications for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest review.
Before I go any further, I need to confess that I was unable to finish reading this book. Therefore, I won't rate this book as I normally would, but I'll let you know why I didn't finish. I read 60 pages (4 chapters) which was about 25% of the book. I feel like that's a pretty good effort.
The book was narrated in such a way that I just could not get into it. The author uses a lot of vocabulary that would have been used in medieval times (when the book was set). A four-page glossary was included, but the words were throughout each passage, which meant I did a lot of flipping back and forth. I'm usually pretty good with context clues; however, it was so unfamiliar to me that I had a hard time engaging with the book.
While I really wanted to like this book, I just didn't click with it. However, if you enjoy medieval, romance, and/or mysteries, check out some of the other reviews. This might be a better fit for you than it was for me. [Rating: DNF]
Thanks to Kregel Publications for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest review.
About the Author
Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with a MA in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years, thirty-five of those in Portage, MI, where he retired in 2003 as chairman of the social studies department of Portage Northern High School. Mel and his wife, Susan, have two daughters and seven grandchildren.
I didn't finish this book either for the same reasons.. I went up to chapter 10, but after that I just couldn't continue.
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