The Habit of Murder

The Twenty-Third Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

De: Susanna Gregory

Narrado por: David Thorpe

In 1360 a deputation from Cambridge ventures to the Suffolk town of Clare in the hope that the wealthy Elizabeth de Burgh has left a legacy to Michaelhouse. Yet when they arrive, they discover that the report of her death is false and that the college seems destined for bankruptcy.

Determined to see if some of its well-heeled citizens can be persuaded to sponsor Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew, Brother Michael and Master Langelee become enmeshed in the town's politics. They quickly discover that a great many other people in Clare have recently met untimely deaths. These killings, combined with the arrogance Lady de Burgh has shown over the refurbishment of the church and the grotesque behaviour of some of her entourage, have created a dangerous restlessness in the town - an atmosphere intensified when yet more murders occur.

One of the victims is a fellow traveller of the Michaelhouse contingent, and Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael feel honour-bound to identify his killer. It is a hunt which takes them deep into Clare's murky foundations and which threatens their own survival as well as that of their beloved college.

©2017 Susanna Gregory (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group

Always a great story.

The Bartholomew series is always a good listen. Gregory's​ books and Thorpe's​ narration are ment for each other.

These never fail to entertain.

This is book 23 of the series and they just never fail to entertain. The characters are in Clare this volume, so we're missing some regular characters--which I hope will return in later volumes. The narrator is pitch perfect. I never have to think "Who is that?" My recommendation: if you haven't started this series, start at the beginning and enjoy book by book! I STILL laugh out loud, even after 23 books!

Another great journey

I love these books. I am nervous that I will finish the last and there will be no new books.
David Thorpe does a fabulous job

What a great series!

The Habit of Murder is the 23rd Matthew Bartholomew book. The series is well plotted, well written, and lots of fun. I particularly like the end notes about the real people & incidents who inhabit both the books and Cambridge of the mid-13th century.

Could not finish

I tried but there was no way I was going to finish this one. I sent it back for refund. So slooow it was maddening. No my cup of tea.