July 25, 2021
A Maiden Weeping by Jeri Westerson
After a night of drunken sex, Crispin Guest wakes up in a strange bed with a dead young woman. Although the sheriffs are suspicious, they take Crispin's statement and let him go. But when more women turn up dead in similar circumstances, Crispin finds himself in prison as the only suspect. It's up to his apprentice Jack Tucker to solve the crime. But fortunately Jack has some friends to help him: Nigel, a young lawyer; Isabel Langton, the fetching niece of Eleanor and Gilbert of the Boar's Tusk tavern; and John Rykener, their cross-dressing friend who goes by Eleanor the seamstress at times.
There is a missing relic, too. What happened to the Tears of the Virgin relic? Is it real? Why do so many people want to find it?
Jack takes the lead in this installment of the Crispin Guest series. Not only does he solve the mystery and free Crispin, he meets a pretty young woman. It's bittersweet to see our Jack growing up - it seems like only a few books ago that he was a homeless street kid who wormed his way into Crispin's care.
Love this series! This is book #9, and the stories never disappoint.
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