“Hair-raising descriptions of life in the Middle Ages enhance a challenging puzzle”

“As always, Doherty makes a past century come alive in the service of a carefully crafted plot. Impossible crime fans will be pleased”

“With consummate skill and pacing, Doherty answers the plot's mysteries in a series of startling revelations, and the atmosphere of a London driven by ambition and greed is palpable. The prolific Doherty shows no signs of losing steam”

“A tortuous, fascinating historical mystery whose finely honed descriptions are not for the faint of heart”

“Outstanding . . . Doherty keeps the action brisk, the crimes baffling and the deductions and solution fair”

“Doherty displays exceptional narrative flair as he brings the often-squalid sights, sounds and smells of medieval London to life in another artfully crafted and plotted historical mystery”