Powerful story of evil personified in England in 1145!

Feast for the Ravens (Bradcote & Catchpole #13) by Sarah Hawkswood      

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Hugh Bradcote, the lord Undersheriff of Worcestershire, and his companions, Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin, are called upon when a Templar knight is found murdered in the bushes near to Ribbesford. It seems all might be tied in with the dealings of Kings and Queens and a Lord of the Welsh Marshes. 

The dead knight had a treasonous vellum upon his person. If true, havoc would ensue.

Eventually, a tale of treachery and hate comes to the notice of the Undersheriff.

Years ago the wife of the Lord of Mitton, her son and daughter, were killed in a fire—murdered.

Prior to this one daughter, Rohese, had been cast out as a leper. This unfortunate woman was not a leper she was a rape victim, horribly disfigured. She’d lived in the forest with the ravens, little seen and when so, thought of as a spirit, Hrafn Wif, the Raven Woman.

Was the knight killed by a spirit, by man?

How this all hangs makes for a mysterious read. Eventually all becomes clear, but only after some twisted dark paths, as we follow the investigations of Bradcote, Catchpoll and Walkelin.

An Allison & Busby ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.