Loved reading this, being among friends again. It certainly drew out the mystery until the end; not sure the author played fair with it, but I didn't care. I love absorbing the place and time. ( )

Wonderful setting & characters as usual, though the mystery itself seemed a tad feeble -- more an excuse to explore a new setting, which was very interesting. ( )

Frazer's books are always fun to read just because you pick up a great deal of information about 15th century England. This book is no exception, and has some really interesting information about medieval hospitals. There is further development of Joliffe's character as he rejoins the troupe of players. Technically and stylistically very good, Frazer's books always leave you thinking. There is an interesting contrast in the way three of the principals deal with the concept of "don't get mad, get even" with Frazer leaving no doubt which is best. ( )

Frazer's books are always fun! Good cozies for entertaining a tired mind. ( )

After three years of failed harvests and the dearth that followed, with hungry winters and starving springs, those golden fields under a cloudless sky would have been enough raise Joliffe's heart high as he long-strided along the summer dusty road, but besides the hope of a fat winter, he was free for the first time in more than half a year from lessons, from being taught and tested and then set to learning more. He had forgotten, in the years since he had been a boy and a scholar, how good it felt to be let out from school, but he was remembering it now. He had, in truth, enjoyed much of these past months' learning and some of the work that went with it, but this was better- to be on his way toward somewhere he had never been, with the sun warm on his back, coins in his belt pouch, and no one wanting him for anything.