by Kate Sedley
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And that, my children – if you have bothered to read this far – is how it all started, that talent I discovered in myself, and honed over the years, of solving puzzles and unravelling mysteries. Of course, this first case was full of flaws and mistakes and stupid bungling because I was raw and green and still wet behind the ears. I didn’t really know what I was doing or letting myself in for. It happened partly because of my natural inquisitiveness, and partly because of that stubborn streak in my nature which hates to let anything go without seeing it through to the end.
Oh yes; and God had a hand in it somewhere. He always does. He’s as stubborn and as tenacious as I am about getting His own way. I’ve tried to free myself from Him often and often, but somehow I never could. And now that I’m an old man living on memories, I think I’m glad that I haven’t succeeded.
Next in Roger the Chapman Mysteries:
The Plymouth Cloak
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About the Author
Kate Sedley, the pen-name of Brenda Clarke (born 1926) is an English historical novelist. She was born in Bristol and educated at The Red Maid’s School, Westbury-on-Trym. Her medieval historical whodunnits feature Roger the Chapman, who has given up a monk’s cell for the freedom of peddling his wares on the open road.
Also by Kate Sedley
Roger the Chapman Mysteries
Death and the Chapman
The Plymouth Cloak
The Hanged Man
The Holy Innocents
The Eve of Saint Hyacinth
First published in Great Britain in 1991 by The Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCoIlins Publishers
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Canelo
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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