Intriguing medieval mystery!

A Shroud of Snow (Bradecote & Catchpoll Mystery #14) 
by Sararh Hawkswood                

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Worcester’s finest, Serjeant Catchpoll, Underserjeant Walkelin and Undersheriff lord Bradecote, face the puzzling murder of a merchant, Hamelin Isenmongere from Gloucester.

As well as that the woman who kept house for Hamelin was raped and killed.

Catchpoll boards the riverboat that’d brought Hamelin to Worcester to interview the Captain and crew, and finds himself sailing away on the river, back to Gloucester before he’s aware of it.

Back in Worcester Walkelin and lord Bradecote take up the search and begin to uncover what looks like treason in the midst of all the HooHaa!

Various citizens come forward to help including a young woman forced into prostitution rather than starve.

I love the way Walkelin has developed, how he’s beginning to think outside the box à la Catchpoll.

A fairly convoluted plot that has more starts and would be murderers than usual..

Another entertaining medieval mystery from Hawkswood.

An Allison & Busby ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.