Death of the Scholar
(2026)(The seventh book in the Draychester Chronicles series)
A novel by M J Westerbone
In the rain-soaked university town of Oxhaven, the bells of town and gown have always rung against one another. Now they are ringing for the dead...
When Bishop Gifford's officials, Will, Bernard and Osbert are dispatched to Oxhaven to audit its weights and measures, they expect a tedious week of dented quart-pots and short loaves. Instead they find a clerk pinned to his own ledgers by a kitchen skewer, his ears sliced clean away, harvested by a ruthless killer. The Chancellor calls it a warning. The Mayor calls it nothing at all. But everyone agrees the town is one spark away from riot.
As fire sweeps the colleges and scholars are hunted through the alleys, the truth proves darker than any tax dispute. This was never about a town's freedom. It was about a single piece of parchment—and an old, patient enemy determined to bring the Bishop to his knees.
Some debts can only be paid in blood, and Will always hated owing money...
Genre: Historical Mystery
When Bishop Gifford's officials, Will, Bernard and Osbert are dispatched to Oxhaven to audit its weights and measures, they expect a tedious week of dented quart-pots and short loaves. Instead they find a clerk pinned to his own ledgers by a kitchen skewer, his ears sliced clean away, harvested by a ruthless killer. The Chancellor calls it a warning. The Mayor calls it nothing at all. But everyone agrees the town is one spark away from riot.
As fire sweeps the colleges and scholars are hunted through the alleys, the truth proves darker than any tax dispute. This was never about a town's freedom. It was about a single piece of parchment—and an old, patient enemy determined to bring the Bishop to his knees.
Some debts can only be paid in blood, and Will always hated owing money...
Genre: Historical Mystery
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