BLOOD LANCE
Jeri Westerson
Release Date: Oct. 16, 2012
Minotaur Books
334 pages
In BLOOD LANCE, Jeri
Westerson delivers the fifth fast-paced medieval noir mystery featuring Crispin
Guest, a degraded knight reduced to earning a meager living in the mean streets
of late 14th-century London as a tracker, finder of lost valuables.
However much Crispin tries to stick to finding lost objects, murder and relics
that some think are worth killing for will find him, or as it transpires in
this novel, fall into the Thames before Crispin’s eyes.
Westerson’s characters
come alive in a medieval London that I could see, hear, and touch in my
imagination. Still clinging to the Chivalric code, Crispin is challenged to
question these beliefs, and through his questioning, grows as a person. We also
get to enjoy the developing relationship between Jack Tucker, a reformed
cutpurse, who Crispin took in, mentored and taught to read English, Greek, and
Latin. Jack is also growing both in character and literally. Now 14, he is
experiencing his first bouts with puberty. Crispin has his hands full.
We even get to see a heart stopping joust that I found
more exciting the reenactments I’ve had the pleasure of seeing in person.
Westerson’s description was so vivid that it was like I was the knight on the
horse, feeling the impact of the lance as it struck. I won’t reveal more about
the joust, but I hope you relish it as I did.
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| Jeri Westerson |
I received an advanced digital copy of BLOOD LANCE for
review.
Joan Szechtman
It's on my list. I love these books. As you, it feels like there, walking the streets. Thank you for the review.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thank you, too, Joan!
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