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title: "The Girl in the Ice (A Stephen Attebrook Mystery) Paperback – October 8, 2013"
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# The Girl in the Ice (A Stephen Attebrook Mystery) Paperback – October 8, 2013

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## Customer Reviews

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    A vivid picture of medieval England
  

*by N***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 4, 2014*

This is the fourth book of a series with events occurring mid 13th century in Ludlow, England and surroundings. The hero of the stories is Sir Steven Attebrook, a former army oficer in Spain, where he expected to collect enough fortune to come back to England as a Lord and live in splendour. He also married a beautiful Spanish woman Taresa, but bad luck stroke. His wife died from a fatal illness, his leg was maimed by a Moorish axe and he had to come back to England, poor and destitute. Due to his gentry upbringing he landed a job as deputy coroner of Herefordshire, with some prestige and a poor pay. He lives in the Broken Shield inn in Ludlow in a cold and uncomfortable attic room and starts to solve his cases with the help of his clerk, Gilbert Wistwode, a former priest and now husband to Edith, who runs the inn. His great friend, beggar Harry, living in the stable of the inn, is his spy, as Harry hears gossips while standing at his post at the gate. All four books have similar schemes: a difficult crime is presented to Sir Steve, he is always attacked by superior forces, comes out of the dire situatuons with skill and obtains the results needed, but somehow he never gets enough money to improve his financial problems. The books, this one in particular, give a very vivid picture of medieval England, are fun to read and inspite of the recurring plots, they are a good entertainment. There is no need to read the former three books in order to understand this one, but as there are frequent references to the other books, it is convenient to read them in order. Perhaps the extremely detailed description of the streets of the medieval villages and small towns could be shortened, but otherwise this book and the former three are recommendable and can be purchased at a very cheap price,

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The latest in a great medieval series!
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2013*

I love this series from Jason Vail and I always look eagerly forward to new books. The series is about a knight, Stephen Attebrook, who returns to 13th century England from the Crusades, missing half a foot. With such an injury, he can no longer serve as a knight or fighting man, and facing dire poverty, he takes a position as deputy coronor in a small English town. His job is to investigate un natural deaths and, if murder has been done, bring the killer or killers to justice. The novels are set against a period of great unrest in English history, with nobles plotting against the king and Welsh raiders coming across the border to steal, kill and burn houses and villages. In The Girl in The Ice, the murdered body of a young girl is discovered on Christmas Day, frozen in the snow in the local churchyard. Stephen and his deputy (and landlord) Gilbert, must try to identify the dead girl in order to find her killer and they travel to a nearby town, encountering old enemies and attempts on their lives along the way. The characters are multi-layered and complex, change over time and I really enjoy them. The history (the author is described as a history buff) is accurate, although a reader must suspend a little disbelief that a man of that period could prevail over social norms and the Church to use somewhat modern forensic techniques on dead bodies. The character's background of having gone to war is used to explain his familiarity with death and what causes it.You do need to start with the first novel and read them in sequence - there are now 4 - as things that happened in a previous book (and spoilers) are referred to in later books. Amazingly, the Kindle editions of these books are priced at just 99 cents each, too low, in my opinion. However, it means a reader can buy all 4 for the same price as one book from another author.

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    Good Mystery - A Great Price
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 2, 2013*

I was glad to see a fourth book in this series.  The main character is very likable and the book gives a feel for the time period.  I do wish there was a little more character development not only of the main character, but the supporting characters.  I would have also enjoyed a little more historical detail.Another reviewer mentioned Brother Cadfael and Sheriff Barringer.  If you haven't read the Ellis Peters books, you should give them a try. (I don't think the books are in a Kindle version, and they were published some time ago.) Like this series, the Brother Cadfael series needs to be read in order.  Ellis Peters' characters have more depth; and as a historian, she puts more historical information into her books.  This is what I wish Jason Vail would add to this series.I hope Jason Vail continues with this series.  It is a fun read and very reasonably priced.If you like historical mysteries set in England, check out P.F. Chisholm's Sir Robert Carey series set in Elizabethan times.  These books are based on the memoirs of a real man (possibly a cousin  of Elizabeth's by way of one of Henry VIII mistresses.I would also recommend P.C. Doherty's Hugh Corbett series, and Bernard Knight's Crowner John.  I liked all of the Crowner John books, except the last one, which is really the first one for this series explaining how John met Richard the Lion Heart.

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