cover image Corpse Candle

Corpse Candle

Paul C. Doherty. Minotaur Books, $24.95 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-312-30087-6

The brutal murder of Abbot Stephen, of St. Martin's-in-the-Marsh, sets Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, on the sleuthing trail in the prolific P.C. Doherty's Corpse Candle: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Hugh Corbett. Rumors of a thief's ghost haunting the fens adds extra spice to this well-wrought historical.