title: Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises
author: Martin H. Greenberg
description: Here are thirteen deadly tales, all set within the dramatic turmoil of medieval Europe. Murder mystery fans and history buffs alike will be riveted by the selections offered by master anthologist Martin H. Greenberg and Nebula Award-winner John Helfers. You'll meet Peter Tremayne's seventh-century Celtic detective, Sister Fidelma, in "Like a Dog Returning;" discover Clayton Emery's take on Robin Hood in "Plucking a Mandrake;" learn about Brother Cadfael, soldier-turned-sleuthing-monk, from the wicked pen of Ellis Peters; and many others?all in the service of investigating crime in the Middle Ages, from the misdeeds of commoners to the felonies of kings.
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  Assassin’s Winter
  
  
  Veiled Dagger: Book Three
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by Jon Kiln
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
  to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016.
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
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  # Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Brick by brick and board by board, the merchant village of Witherington was
  rebuilt by the very same hands that had torn it down.
  
  
  The charred remains of homes and shops was loaded into ox carts and hauled to
  the edge of the Banewood. The toppled stones of the old foundations were
  sorted and stacked again as the town rose from the 