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The Garderobe of Death
Howard Matthews
Works of: Fiction
England 1067: Henri de Turold, King William’s favourite hunting companion has been murdered. How anyone actually did it, given the remarkably personal nature of the fatal wound, is a bit of a mystery.
Lord Robert Grosmal, of disordered mind, disordered castle and Henri’s host at the time, knows that King William gets very tetchy when his friends are murdered. He sends to the nearby monastery of De’Ath’s Dingle for a monk to investigate.
Medieval monks are usually good at this sort of thing.
Brother Hermitage is a medieval monk but he’s not very good at this sort of thing. Motivated by the point of a sword he and his companion Wat the weaver set off to solve the crime.
Oh, by the way, King William is arriving that night so they better get a move on.
Brother Hermitage’s second criminal investigation reveals many things. Improvement is not among them.
If you are looking for a poignant evocation of the medieval world, an insightful exploration of the characters of the time, buy a different book. Ellis Peters is quite good.
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Other books by Howard Matthews


What Dead Body?

Not Another Murder

No Murder Here

How Many Monks?

Murder ‘Midst Merriment

Murder Can Be Murder

Return to The Dingle

The Investigator’s Kingdom

The Investigator’s Wedding

The Investigator’s Apprentice

Murder Most Murderous

A Murder of Convenience

A Mayhem of Murderous Monks

The King’s Investigator Part II

The King’s Investigator

The 1066 via Derby

The 1066 To Hastings

The 1066 From Normandy

The Hermes Parchment

The Chester Chasuble

The Bayeux Embroidery

A Murder for Brother Hermitage

The Domesday Book II (Still Not That One)

A Murder for Master Wat

Brother Hermitage’s Christmas Gift

A Murder for Mistress Cwen

The Case of The Cantankerous Carcass

The Case of The Curious Corpse

The Case of The Clerical Cadaver

Hermitage, Wat and Some Nuns

Hermitage, Wat and Some Druids: We’re Going On A Murder

The Magna Carta (Or Is It?)

Brother Hermitage in Shorts

Hermitage, Wat and Some Murder or Other

The Domesday Book (No, Not That One)

The Tapestry of Death

The Heretics of De’Ath

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