The Investigator's Apprentice (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage, #24)

by Howard of Warwick

Overview

Brother Hermitage does worry. Even when there hasn't been a murder, he worries that there probably has. It can't do any harm to check, surely? Well, of course, it can. Has the King's Investigator learned nothing from his previous 23 chronicles? No, of course he hasn't.

When word of death is brought from Derby, Hermitage is concerned this may be more than the usual weekly toll. A simple check should suffice, while a more complex and thorough one would be more satisfying. And this turns up quite a list.
The Alodie family, who supposedly succumbed to plague; Maynard the Mighty who sweated to death and old Athlot; a ninety-year-old who fell off his roof. Hm, which one sounds a bit odd?

And every good tale deserves a meanwhile…
Meanwhile, off in the eastern marshes, a lone escapee from the Norman terror seeks Brother Hermitage with murder in mind. But the journey to Derby will be troublesome, including having to travel with a small band of Norman soldiers.

But remember, in 1066 not all Normans took those first boats to Hastings. Some stayed behind to guard the territory. Others ensured that the land continued to flourish. Still more were too old or infirm to partake in the great adventure;
And then one or two were simply best kept away from anything sharp.

And everything is converging on the King's Investigator.

5* If you've not read any of them then do yourself a favour and start right away…
5* This series, and Howard of Warwick's books about what 'really' happened at Hastings in 1066, are hilarious
5* Such a good writer, it's a whole new slant on medieval mystery. The truth is out there, sort of!
5* History at its most hilarious

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166117595
Publisher:	Howard of Warwick
Publication date:	10/03/2023
Series:	The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	417 KB

About the Author

Howard of Warwick is but a humble chronicler with the blind luck to stumble upon the Hermitage manuscripts; tales of Brother Hermitage, a truly medieval detective, whose exploits largely illustrate what can be achieved by mistake.

Now an international best-seller with nearly a quarter of a million sales and a host of Number 1s, it only goes to show.

Howard's work has been heard, seen and read, most of it accompanied by laughter and some of it by money. His peers have even seen fit to recognise his unworthy efforts with a prize for making up stories.

The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage begin with The Heretics of De'Ath, closely followed by The Garderobe of Death and The Tapestry of Death.

Howard then paused to consider the Battle of Hastings as it might have happened - but almost certainly didn't - and produced The Domesday Book (No, Not That One). More reinterpretations hit the world with The Magna Carta (Or Is It?)

Brother Hermitage still randomly drifted through a second set of mysteries with Hermitage, Wat and Some Murder or Other: Hermitage, Wat and some Druids and Hermitage, Wat and Some Nuns.

Just when you think this can't possibly go on: The Case of the Clerical Cadaver turned up followed by The Case of the Curious Corpse and now The Case of The Cantankerous Carcass.

Now there are thirty of the things in various cubby holes all over the world.

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