I am really enjoying Edward Marston's Domesday series. This is the fourth book in the series. As its predecessors, this one is true to the period, and Marston seems to capture the sights and sounds of England right after William the Conqueror. I did not find the mystery as intricate this time though. I found it easy to figure out the who and the why fairly early, but I still enjoyed the book. I like Marston's recurring characters very much. The book is set in the north country (York), and Gervase and Ralph along with Canon Hubert and their scribe Brother Simon have a new judge in their midst, who appears to have been appointed by King William. But there is more to Tanceld than there seems to be, and of course murder occurs. Gervase and Ralph find themselves at risk as they pursue this particularly rutheless murderer. ( )