Murder by the Book
Published Jun 2013
Close to the end of Trinity Term, 1358, the colleges of the University of Cambridge are at war over the creation of a Common Library. At a meeting of the masters to discuss the matter, a book thrown in the hat of debate strikes one of their number and leaves him seriously wounded.
Matthew Bartholomew is called upon for his skills as a physician, but his experience is even more in demand when a body is found floating in the pond of the library’s garden – and he is also investigating three murders in the town, the victims rumoured to be targets of a force of dangerous smugglers lying low in the fens.
Working alongside Sheriff Tulyet and Brother Michael, Bartholomew knows he has to disentangle the threads of violence which link academic to tradesman – and catch a killer. To fail might mean the destruction of the whole town.
Other books by Susanna Gregory
The Clerkenwell Affair
The Sanctuary Murders
Intrigue in Covent Garden
The Habit of Murder
A Grave Concern
The Chelsea Strangler
A Poisonous Plot. The Twenty-First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
The Cheapside Corpse
Death of a Scholar
Murder on High Holborn
The Lost Abbot
Death in St James’s Park
Hill of Bones
Sacred Stone,The
The First Murder
The Piccadilly Plot
Mystery in the Minster
A Plague on Both Your Houses
A Killer in Winter
A Summer of Discontent
A Masterly Murder
A Wicked Deed
A Bone of Contention
An Unholy Alliance
The Killer of Pilgrims
A Conspiracy of Violence
Blood on the Strand
To Kill or Cure
The Butcher of Smithfield
The Westminster Poisoner
A Murder on London Bridge
A Vein of Deceit
The Body in the Thames
The Devil’s Disciples
The Tarnished Chalice
The Mark of a Murderer
The Hand of Justice
The Executioner of St. Paul’s
