John Pilkington, Author . Severn $27.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6031-6
British author Pilkington's second Elizabethan mystery (after 2002's The Ruffler's Child
) nicely blends historical events with engaging characters and a suspenseful plot but, alas, falls short as a whodunit. In 1588, Thomas Finbow, in...
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John Pilkington, Author . Severn $27.95 (234p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6087-3
Once you get used to the peasant lingo of 1590, British author Pilkington's third Thomas the Falconer historical (after A Ruinous Wind
) offers a real treat. Thomas Finbow, master falconer, is called into service by the impoverished Sir Giles...
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John Pilkington, Author . Severn $27.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6160-3
Pilkington's fourth Thomas the Falconer mystery (after 2004's The Ramage Hawk
) lightens up on the medieval peasant lingo that was sometimes confusing in earlier efforts, resulting in a trim and compact whodunit set in rural Elizabethan...
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John Pilkington, Author . Severn $28.95 (218p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6293-8
When bird-hunting "bat-fowlers" discover the battered body of saintly churchwarden Will Stubbs one night in Lambourn Wood, versatile falconer Thomas Finbow investigates in Pilkington's diverting fifth Elizabethan historical (after The...
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John Pilkington, Author . Severn $28.95 (215p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6373-7
In Pilkington's solid sixth Elizabethan historical featuring dogged and idealistic Thomas the Falconer (after 2005's The Maiden Bell
), Thomas's benefactor, Lady Margaret, asks him to track down her philandering husband, Sir Robert, who...
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John Pilkington, Author . Severn $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6543-4
Pilkington's straightforward seventh mystery featuring 16th-century falconer Thomas Finbow as an unlikely amateur sleuth is stronger on period feeling than plot twists. The prologue introduces the reader to a shadowy Italian cutthroat named...
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John Pilkington. Severn, $27.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8239-4
Pilkington, best known for his Thomas the Falconer mysteries (The Muscovy Chain, etc.), launches a new Elizabethan historical series with this promising novel introducing spy Martin Marbeck. After a botched mission overseas that left a colleague...
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John Pilkington. Severn, $27.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8294-3
The approaching end of Elizabeth I’s reign in 1603 creates plenty of drama in Pilkington’s second historical featuring intelligencer Martin Marbeck (after 2012’s Marbeck and the Double-Dealer). As speculation mounts as to the queen’s successor, the...
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John Pilkington. Severn, $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8514-2
Set in London in 1605, Pilkington’s fourth mystery featuring intelligencer Martin Marbeck (after 2014’s Marbeck and the Privateers) sustains suspense throughout, even though most readers are likely to know the outcome of the real-life title...
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John Pilkington, Author Severn $27.95 (250p) ISBN 978-5-559-09869-2
Pilkington's fourth Thomas the Falconer mystery (after 2004's ""The Ramage Hawk"") lightens up on the medieval peasant lingo that was sometimes confusing in earlier efforts, resulting in a trim and compact whodunit set in rural Elizabethan England....
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