Book Log 2010 #17 and #18: Satan in St. Mary's and The Crown in Darkness by PC Doherty
These are the first two books in a mystery series featuring Hugh Corbett, a government clerk in the time of Edward I who is tasked to investigate events that touch upon the safety of the crown (in these cases, a plot against the king led by apparent Satanists and the suspicious death of the Scottish king, respectively).
The stories are both good, though the first book (the first in the series) is a little too obvious with some of its clues and the second book keeps us a bit too much in the dark. We do get the basics on Corbett - he's very professional, a bit dour (due at least partially from being a widower) and has, for the time, some strange notions of hygiene (he likes to wash every day!).
If you're looking for a new series to start you could do worse. Or you could choose from one of the four or five other series that Doherty has going.
18 June 2010
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