The Sanctuary Seeker

The Sanctuary Seeker

1998 • 236 pages

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Introducing crusader turned county coroner Sir John: the first book in the page-turning Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. 1194. Appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon, Sir John de Wolfe, recently returned from the Crusades, rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body found in a stream. But on his return to Exeter, the new coroner is incensed to find that his own brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, is intent on thwarting the murder investigation – particularly when it emerges that the dead man is both a Crusader and a member of one of Devon’s finest and most honourable families. Assisted by his loyal bodyguard Gwyn and his new clerk, defrocked priest Thomas, Sir John sets out to solve the mystery – whatever the cost.

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Crowner John Mystery is a 8-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Bernard Knight.


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Very readable. The author concentrated more on setting the historical backdrop than developing the plot so, as an historical novel it was fine but as a mystery / thriller, it was a little lacking.

August 9, 2014