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A Wicked Deed: The Fifth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew (The chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew) (Paperback)

by Susanna Gregory (Author)
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  • Paperback: 506 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere; New edition edition (1 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751525448
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751525441
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,448 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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4.0 out of 5 stars One of Susanna Gregory's best to date, 4 Nov 2000
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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.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Susanna Gregory's best yet, 25 Dec 2000
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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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wicked Deed :, 19 Feb 2003
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. P. Fairweather

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

3.0 out of 5 stars 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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