Ordeal By Fire - Bradecote and Catchpoll Mystery - Sarah Hawkswood ~ A New Favorite Series !!

I am so glad I saw Book #4 as a "to read" at Netgalley a couple months ago and enjoyed it.. Once I was "into" the characters I purchased the rest with an Amazon Kindle rebate. Only one more book to read (snif snif) but I will have the whole series and can reread in a year or so AND I understand Sarah Hawkswood is writing now ( Hopefully book #7 )

Rereading is satisfactory with a great series like this as right now I am going backwards and forwards with the characters.

Book # 1 saw Hugh Bradecote doing some service for his manorial duty to his overlord the Sheriff of Worcester and being appointed undersheriff. In this tale he is summoned to the city in William de Beauchamp's absence to a string of arsons, very perilous in Medieval times in cities due to flimsy construction, close proximity to other dwellings within the city walls.

Bradecote had gone home after his service and appointment to his wife's anticipated lying-in for his first child. He has a son now but his wife did not survive and he has been confused, morose and guilty every since. It has been 3 weeks, and when he receives his summons from the castellan of Worcester to lead the investigation into the series of fires, he at least has a purpose.

The fires and their perpetrator remained a mystery for most of the book, deaths resulted and the ending was both sad and hopeful a young boy's future. I am off to the next book, Marked to Die. Great Series!!