Four & Twenty Blackbirds
A magical maniac is loose in Alanda. The victims are always women, always lower-class, and the weapon is always a three-sided stiletto, most often found among Church regalia. But the killers are never churchmen, and they always commit suicide immediately after the bloody deed. Constable Tal Rufen...
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A magical maniac is loose in Alanda. The victims are always women, always lower-class, and the weapon is always a three-sided stiletto, most often found among Church regalia. But the killers are never churchmen, and they always commit suicide immediately after the bloody deed. Constable Tal Rufen really cares about his job, and when one of these murder/suicides happens on his beat he becomes obsessed with the case.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780671577780 (0671577786)
ASIN: 671577786
Publish date: November 1st 1998
Publisher: Baen
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Series: Bardic Voices .5 (#4)
This book was the weakest of the series for me, even though it had an interesting story and likable characters. The author took a different approach from the previous books. None of our main characters were musicians, and the free bards only played a background role. That wasn’t the issue for me,...
It was written well, but written from the POV of someone who has no clue about mental illness. Chris never bothered to do his own research about what his partner was going through, he didn't make any effort to become informed when it appeared that Aaron was not going to be forthcoming. Instead, he d...
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