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Baynard's List [Kindle Edition]

Jason Vail (Author)
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October 1262 should have been a quiet month, that melancholy time following the death of summer dedicated to the chores of readying Ludlow for the onset of winter and the hard months ahead.

But the game of spies is afoot. A valuable list identifying the secret supporters of both King Henry and his rival for power Simon de Montfort has disappeared following the murder of Henry’s master spy in the west of England. Whoever possesses that list obtains a significant advantage in the open war that is soon to break out between them.

Stephen Attebrook, the part-time deputy coroner for northern Herefordshire, has been forced to find this list by his former master, the grasping and ambitious crown justice Ademar de Valence — projecting Attebrook into a cesspit of murder, intrigue and betrayal.

Attebrook faces his greatest challenge as a discoverer of secrets as he races to obtain the list before a rival gets it first, while the life of someone close to him hangs on the outcome.

Step through this time portal to13th century England and relive the sights, sounds and sensations of a lost world as they have never been depicted before.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 389 KB
  • Print Length: 219 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 146362316X
  • Publisher: Hawk Publishing (12 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005H86SJW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,448 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Rayne
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I enjoyed the intense historical flavour of 'The Wayward Apprentice' so much that I immediately purchased the sequel.

This book follows immediately on the events of 'The Wayward Apprentice'. Almost no time has passed, and it makes sense to read the two books close together.

'Baynard's List' is good, too, with the same vivid experience of medieval life, an exciting plot, and individual characters.

However, this book has sections which take the reader away from Stephen (the main character), and those don't work well, at least not for me.

For example, we've been following the exciting story from Stephen's point of view, and got really deep into feeling, thinking and experiencing everything from inside Stephen, so much so that the reader forgets s/he isn't Stephen. Then suddenly, Stephen leaves the room, and the reader is left with Olivia and Margaret talking about Stephen. This jerked me out of the story.

Perhaps other readers won't mind, but for me, these jolts lessened the reading enjoyment.

I also didn't like the first chapter. It's basically a summary of the events from 'The Wayward Apprentice'. Readers who've read that book won't need the summary, and readers who haven't read it are likely to be confused by all those many names and references.

The story takes off with chapter 2. I wish that's where the author had started the novel.

I'll probably buy the next book in the series when it becomes available.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Mark
Format:Kindle Edition
I must say I am delighted to have found Jason Vail. His opener - "The Wayward Apprentice" - was a well crafted medieval mystery and this sequel is equally as palatable. Following immediately on from the close of the first novel, the list that was key to solving the murder of Baynard pops up within pages. The King's judge, Valence, has heard of the list naming dissidents against King Stephen's rule and wants it. Our sleuth and part-time hero, Sir Stephen Attebrook, missed a trick when he left it in Baynard study and his attempt to reclaim it is too slow as it disappears just before Baynard's ex-butler, Muryet, is found dead at the bottom of Mistress Webbere's staircase.
Having secured the conviction of Clement in the previous novel, Stephen is dismayed to find he is out and free under the jurisdiction of Valence and charged with locating the list. In the meantime, the newly widowed Olivia Baynard has her cousin Margaret in town whose blatant seduction of our Coroner has a faint of whiff of collusion. Stephen realises that to find the List he must find the murderer of Muryet. With Valence holding his son Christopher against his continued investigation he swiftly uncovers a mess of relationships in the town which culminates in the further murders of Makepeese and Lucy. Someone is two steps ahead of Gilbert and Stephen, killing any witnesses who have had possession of Baynard's List. An inevitable terrible denouement with our sleuth demonstrating his sword skills brings us literally full circle to a water butt, a chest and a sadness of deception that engenders some pathos for Stephen.
Vail is good. His hero is likeable, his mystery kept simple, the assorted cast of characters plausible. The thirteenth century sketch of Ludlow, England shows an author who has some knowledge of the period but doesn't choose to drop into wishful descriptions that can be criticised by those who know the period in some detail. I'd draw a parallel to Susanna Gregory or Ellis Peters but we need a few more stories from the pen of this US author before any true comparisons can be made. If we can just remove the odd drop into "americanisms" in the text: "knocking him into a puddle on his fanny and producing a brown splash" (pg74 Kindle) then the odd jolting unrealism will disappear and these books will convince the reader of the period and place we are meant to be in.
I'm glad I found Vail - quite by chance - he's got a new fan here. Hope to see more.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining 15 Jan 2012
By Cas
Format:Kindle Edition
Although there are some jarring moments, this is an entertaining read. Americanisms are not a problem; the author is an American and they must be accepted as his normal way of expressing himself. What is a problem, however, is the occasional very modern colloquialism. These destroy the well-created feel of medieval Ludlow.

Stephen Attebrook is still very pleasant company for a few hours and more questions have been raised in this book about his past than have been answered. I hope that there will be another book so that some of these can be solved, there are certainly enough loose ends to justify it.
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