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Title: Corpse Candle: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Hugh Corbett by P. C. Doherty ISBN: 0-312-30087-5 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Typical great Doherty, but...
Comment: ...it's not one of his best. In this book, Doherty expands personal relationship between Ranulf and Corbett-and that's interesting and welcome-but the main plot is a little weak...I don't know about anyone else, but I pretty much guessed who the murderer had to be before I was 1/3 of the way through. Still and all, it's a Doherty-which means it's worth the read!
Rating: 5
Summary: Doherty's 'Candle' Burns Brightly!
Comment: Paul Doherty uses quite a few pseudonyms, but regardless of which nom de
plume he chooses, or which series he presents, readers always get a good,
well-reseached, convincing historical mystery.
In 'Corpse Candle,' Doherty gives us Sir Hugh Corbett, King Edward I's
special envoy and close confidant, the 12th such episode in this popular series.
It is 1303 and Abbot Stephen (singular!), a close personal friend of Edward's, is found
dead in his locked chambers at the Abbey of St. Martin-in-the-Marsh. As the king's
envoy, Corbett quickly finds that there is more to the story than the death of the
abbot. As Lady Macbeth says, 'False face must hide false heart,' and to continue
the Shakespearean allusion, 'Corpse Candle' ends up with far more bodies scattered
about the place than Hamlet's Act V!
With his trusted aide Ranulf and newly acquired groom Chanson, Sir Hugh
finds his intellect and common sense broadside by the incessant deaths of members
of the Abbey. Of course, as he investigates, all these deaths are related and using his
famed logic and ability to re-construct, he is able to bring the murderer to justice.
Of course, all in good time, as the killer wreaks vengeance upon those whom he feels
are complicit in the greater crime, one that began years ago and, sadly, now plays to
its tragic, deceitful, and explosive end.
Of all the Corbett books, this one is the best researched and most carefully
laid out and presented. From its opening pages, 'Corpse Candle' holds the reader's
attention and the plot unfolds in a timely manner and pace. Few loose ends are left
and the conclusion logical and noteworthy. ([email protected])
Rating: 5
Summary: Possibly the best in this series
Comment: Doherty is possibly the most prolific author i've come across (in roughly 15 years since his first book was published, he's penned about 50 other novels), and while at times his books can lack that special something which sets some fiction apart from the rest, his books are undoubtedly entertaining, this one in particular, which is a novel that factor which some of his others lack.
When Abbot Stephen is found murdered, locked in his quarters from the inside, a puzzling mystery is indeed presented. Sir Hugh Corbett, keepers of the king's peace, is called in to investigate, and finds himself immersed in an investigation with far-reaching effects, and tentacles that spread many years into the past, to the Abbots old life, to tales of robber baron Sir Geofrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the fens with a troop of spectrely horsemen, to rumours of the origins of the corpse candles, said to foretell the deaths of men, which hover and flicker at night above the marshes...
The characters in this book are very well characterised, the plot is tight and complex, and always puzzling. The writing style is invigorating. The solution is surprising and clever, and much blood is spilled before it arrives. This is without a doubt one of Doherty's very best novels, full of historical falvour, great characters, with a cracking plot. I reccomend this highly to any fan of crime fiction, not jsut historical fiction.
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Title: Smoke in the Wind: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland by Peter Tremayne ISBN: 0312287801 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Mad Monk of Gidleigh (Medieval West Country Mystery) by Michael Jecks ISBN: 0755301692 Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Demon Archer: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Hugh Corbett by P. C. Doherty ISBN: 0312272871 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Cross-Legged Knight by Candace Robb ISBN: 0892967722 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 06 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Templar's Penance (The Medieval West Country Mysteries) by Michael Jecks ISBN: 0755301714 Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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