A Murder of Crows
A Sir Robert Carey Mystery

4.5★ “As he went to sleep, he thought happily that he now had all the explanation he needed for Carey’s wild streak. By God, the Careys were an entertaining bunch.” Indeed they are. While this is the fifth book in the Sir Robert Carey historical fiction series, the point of view belongs to Sergeant He......more

Probably no one does Elizabethan period detail better than Patricia Finney (aka pen name P.F. Chisholm). You can almost feel the crowds jostling their way across London Bridge and smell the jakes (outhouses). Better yet, she has a great Sherlock-Watson duo in her characters Sir Robert Carey and Land......more

A detective novel with a distinct flair. London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was a loud, rowdy, stinking town of open sewers, disease, and the most rampant and egregious kind of crime and corruption. It’s a wonder the kingdom survived. The corruption extended all the way up through the......more

Like Plague of Angels (Sir Robert Carey #4), Murder of Crows is set in Elizabethan London, rather than on the Scottish border. As always, the history is excellent - although the author might be going overboard in speculating on the swashbuckling habits of Anne Carey (the protagonist's mom) - and the......more

As usual, Chisholm (Patricia Finney) writes with an amazing grasp of 16th century England, especially in day to day life. Sir Robert Carey is back, still in London after his previous adventure and trying to solve a murder for his father, the Lord Chamberlain. Meanwhile, Sergeant Dodd has his own age......more