Released: 28/04/2019

ISBN: 9781789017281
eISBN: 9781789019858

Format: Paperback/eBook

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Plague

by Jonathan Forth

The Pope needs war between England and France badly; peace has prevailed for far too long and a good war will put bums back on pews and money in the collection plate. Otherwise he’ll need to make cutbacks and the Vatican Christmas party will have to go.

Luckily his daring beautiful assassin is on the job. And what better time for the Edward King of England to die a horrible and painful death than when King Philipe of France is visiting. There’s just a small problem: the plague has reached Europe and there’s every chance it may get Edward first.

The rats are coming and fleas are nibbling at English ankles. The King’s vassal, Sir Walter, is on the case, but how can he stop the scourge with no idea of what’s causing it? Could be the stinky French cheese? The Church blames fornication, or perhaps the fireball that burned through the London sky is to blame; or maybe it’s the Dutch.

It’s a race against time with an array of colourful characters either plotting in dark corners or trying to save the day. Needless to say, pandemonium ensues and even without the plague, there an outbreak of weird stuff on the streets of London. Will any one live to see the end of the book or will the plague get them first?

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Few books are as well-plotted as this, with no plot issues, and the author paces everything really well so it never gets laborious and everything has the amount of time it needs. The humour is great, and all original. I liked the characters and the story drew me along nicely.

by Terrence

Preferred the first - Sir Humphrey's Last Stand - over this one, I guess as I found this one a little harder to get into than the first (it took a couple of days to read). Satire is not an easy mistress and sometimes writers, like musicians suffer from DSAS (Difficult Second Album Syndrome) - which I think may be slightly applicable here. That is not to say that this is not humorous nor enjoyable in any way - It is a perfectly good outing. I read this as a kindle version, so I might give it another go in a more tangible format.

by Melisende