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Susanna
Gregory.
A
Masterly Murder:
The Sixth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.
London: Little, Brown & co., 2000.
ISBN 0316646261.
Hardback,
perfect
bound.
137x221mm.
406pp.
English.
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Cambridge,
1353 -
it is a damp, gloomy November day, and the body by the Cam is just the
beginning of the intrigue in store for Michaelhouse...
Physician
Matthew
Bartholomew recognises the deceased as the book-bearer of the
Michaelhouse
Fellow John Runham. The death certainly looks like suicide - Runham's
servant
was well known for his black moods and heavy drinking - but before
Batholomew
can reach a definitive conclusion, a second tragic incident occurs. At
Bene't College, a Fellow has plunged to his death from the top of a
building
scaffold. And when his colleague claims to know who pushed him, he too
is mysteriously murdered.
Meanwhile,
at
Michaelhouse itself, great change is afoot. The current Master, admired
and respected by both Bartholomew and his colleagues, announces his
intention
to retire. It is a decision that takes everyone by surprise - everyone
except the ruthless Runham. Hastily elected, he immediately moves to
make
his mark upon the college; he forces one Fellow to leave, sacks the
choir,
and dismissed numerous staff, including Bartholomew's loyal servant
Cynric;
he builds a courtyard the college cannot afford, infuriating Bene't in
the process by poaching their workers to do so; he then attempts to
force
Bartholomew out, demanding that the physician choose between his
teaching
and his medical work - but just as Bartholomew is agonising over such
an
impossible decision, the new Master is discovered dead...
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