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A Wicked Deed

The Fifth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle

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A Wicked Deed

By: Susanna Gregory
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident - they are chased by footpads, pass through an eerie village abandoned after the recent plague and find a man barely alive on a gibbet - so they reach their destination with some relief.

But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed, as they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners. Then all such squabbles seem mere trivial when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing, Bartholomew discovers that this is not the first unnatural death in the village - deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions, but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders and who will gain from them?

©1999 Susanna Gregory (P)2017 Little Brown Group Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Fiction Crime Village

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Another fantastic audio book! I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys history and murder mysteries

A winner

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This is my first purchase by Susanna Gregory and I wasn't sure about buying it. I am so glad I did, it was brilliant, full of intrigue and lots of weird and wonderful medieval ideas. I really liked Matt Bartholomew, and also several of the other major characters, there were plenty of evil bodies to dislike too.
I will look for another novel by this author, this was very unputdownable!

Superb!

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Great story, which I would listen to on my way and home from work, sometimes making me late as I wanted to hear what was going to happen next and couldn't wait. The writer has a great way of imparting a lot of historical references - helping me learn something new about the era as I read.
The narrator had a good voice to listen to, changing his voice for different characters, although sometimes they did sound the same, but that didn't impair my listening.

A Gripping Hear

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A well read book
Keeping with the same reader keeps up the familiarity with the central characters

A great read!

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Much enjoyed during the lock down and being close to home made it more relevant a wonderfully crafted story

The best so far in the series

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Complex plot - outside Cambridge this time but plenty of local references. Wonderfully read as always.

Love this series

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love this series and the historic note at the end. looking forward to hearing next-door.

slendid listen

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i like this series but recommend they are read in order. Fans of Peter Ellis and Michael Jecks will probably enjoy them as well

enjoyable series

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Theres' our favourite narrater. All our favourite characters and some fabulously varied new characters.
Unbearable tension and gripping episodes.Humour. Laugh out loud moments of 14th century living. Attention grabbing criminal pathology. A trip out of cambridge into the countriside. Scheming , plot twists and an ending that is a masterful surprise.
This has all the elements of Susanna Gregory's best books

Enjoyable enough to listen to over and over

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Barholemew does it again. and this times there's zombies. well sort of. plenty of explosions

All the usual monkish fun and games

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