Murder And Magic

The book is set in an alternate universe where Richard the Lion-Hearted did not die in 1199. Instead he went on to procreate and his heirs rule a combined Anglo-French empire. In this world, Lord Darcy and his Watson, Forensic Sorcerer Sean O Lochlainn, solve crimes as the official investigators of Richard of Normandy. In this book, the pair visit the convention of healers and sorcerers in London, and when one of the conventioneers is the victim in a locked room murder, Sean is accused of the crime and is thrown in the Tower of London, of course. Darcy manages to get his sidekick out as bodies pile up, and the pair have to come up with a solution to a tricky murder.Why It Made the List The thought that went into creating this world is phenomenal. There's no Reformation or Martin Luther because of the change of events, and other marked changes to society are noticed because of the prolonged life of Richard. Definitely worth checking out for the strong mystery elements with an impossible crime. Well done locked room murders are to be savored.'Read It If You Like'British mysteries, impossible crimes