Murder Can Be Murder and Murder ‘Midst Merriment, find themselves in the UK bargain bin. Two for the price of two, and both cheap!

 

 

As is traditional, a proposal for the 29th of February; Form a lasting relationship with medieval nonsense, the latest incarnation being No Murder Here. It’s a fine murder mystery when the first puzzle is “spot the murder”.

No murder. Nothing to see. Move along. Above all, do not let Brother Hermitage anywhere near the scene. It’s miles away, so he wouldn’t want to go. And don’t take Wat and Cwen whatever you do. Really, there is No Murder Here

Christmas Day 1066; what could possibly go wrong? Well, William of Normandy plans to be crowned King of England on that day and some Saxons might not be too happy about it. And the Normans won’t be happy about the Saxons not being happy. And into the middle of it all wander Brother Hermitage and Wat the Weaver. What could possibly go wrong, did you ask? https://tinyurl.com/yrueunzp

There are now 30 Chronicles of Brother Hermitage, can you believe it? Perhaps appropriately, the title is How Many Monks? Could the answer be 30? Since 2010 the Chronicles have dribbled from the scriptorium with increasing regularity and increasing confusion. If Brother Hermitage is supposed to get better at this business, there’s no obvious sign of it yet…