Much debate in Franschhoek

19 April 2016 - 02:26
By Andrew Donaldson

If you're into medieval whodunits ...The Butcher Bird by SD Sykes (Hodder & Stoughton) R250This is the second in Sykes's Somershill Manor mystery series, set in Kent in the 14th century. In the first, the acclaimed Plague Land, young Oswald de Lacy is recalled from a monastery to become lord of the manor after the Black Death wipes out his father and elder brothers - and goes toe to toe with a priest who claims that demonic dog-headed men are murdering women in the area.

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