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Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident - they are chased by footpads, pass through an eery village abandoned after the recent plague and find a man barely alive on a gibbet - so they reach their destination with some relief. But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed, as they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners. Then all such squabbles seem mere trivia when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing, Bartholomew discovers that his is not the first unnatural death in the village - deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions, but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders and who will gain from them?
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Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of an academic at Cambridge. Before studying anthropology she worked in a coroner's office.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While I've lost interest in some other Historical mystery series, Susanna Gregory always manages to keep my interest fresh. A Wicked Deed is one of the best in her sequence about 14th century physician, Matthew Bartholomew, poignant at times and sometimes uproariously funny (don't miss the description of a village debate on the subject: Does The Earth Rotate?) The mystery is well paced and suspense builds and lasts through to the end of the book.
While Gregory's research is impeccable and paints a fascinating portrait of England in the years following the Black Death, her greatest achievement in my eyes is in the robust and three dimensional characters she draws. Matthew's idealism and honesty contrasts well with the more complex natures of his friends and colleagues as well as with a satisfyingly unpleasant and diversely motivated bunch of evildoers.
I'd recommend these books as much to those who enjoy a good historical novel as to mystery readers.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Once again, Susanna Gregory grips your attention from start to finish. The book is easily as good as the first four, so if you've enjoyed them, you'll enjoy this one. Matthew travels to Grundisburgh with loyal Cynric, Michael, Roger Alcote, William and three students. On their travels they find a body....
Closely followed, by the apparent murder of one of their students.
This book, is just as intriging as the previous books in this series and well worth buying.
Closely followed, by the apparent murder of one of their students.
This book, is just as intriging as the previous books in this series and well worth buying.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've just finished reading this book. Ms Gregory just keeps getting better and better. While I have enjoyed her earlier work for its detailed description of the historical context (particularly the Plague in "A Plague on Both Your Houses") she has successfully introduced humour into her writing and this book is successful on a number of different levels. I would heartily recommend it to readers who have already read the Matthew Bartholemew series, and to people who have not read the series but who enjoy historical crime.
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I've been transported back in time - and I love it!
I've just finished A Wicked Deed where we see Matthew Bartholomew and his friends Michael the super morbidly obese monk, Cynric the wily Welsh archer and the odious Alcote visit a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by LucyDDF
A Wicked Deed
Suzanna Gregory is my favourite author and having read the first 4 in the series of Matthew Bartholomew book 5 did not let me down. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pat
Excellent read
The more I read Susanna Gregory, the more I am impressed.
The dialogue between her characters is sharp and often witty. Her plot lines impresssively inventive. Read more
The dialogue between her characters is sharp and often witty. Her plot lines impresssively inventive. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Dodster
A Wicked Deed
I love the whole series of Susanna Gregory's books. This one in particular is fascinating as it is set in the area of the country I live in and contains many names of people and... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by J. P. Fairweather
Murder Mystery
If you like historical murder mysteries then this is the one for you. An easy read with a few twists in the plot
Published on 27 July 2009 by Morpeth Ken
These Books are Highly Entertaining
Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. Her series of mediaeval mysteries have gained a formidable following. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2007 by J. Chippindale
Wicked indeed
Even rural Suffolk isn't as peaceful as it may look on first sight. When Matthew and a small group of Fellows and students travel out there they are confronted with violence... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2006 by Didier
Fantastic!
If you have read Susanna Gregory's books, you will certainly enjoy this one. As all ways you are kept in suspense throughout the foot. I can't wait to read her next book. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2000
More a black comedy than a mystery
Having peviously tasted Susanna Gregory's style of writing in her fisrt novel "A Plague on Both Your Houses" I greeted the new book with uncertainty. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 1999
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