The Peacock's Cry is a Hugh Corbett novella by Paul Doherty. Per
eReaderIQ, it has just dropped to $0.99 from a fairly long-term price of $5.99. At only 62 pages, I'm not quite sure who would be paying $5.99 for this, unless the publisher was just hoping folks would get fooled into thinking it was a full book. (To give the publisher credit, though, the "Hugh Corbett Novella" is pretty prominent in the title, so probably not intentional, just irrational
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In any case, if you are a Hugh Corbett fan, it's now $0.99, for an unknown time.
link:
https://www.amazon.com/Peacocks-Cry-.../dp/B015NRKJR8
Spoiler:
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An exclusive digital novella featuring Sir Hugh Corbett, lead of acclaimed historian Paul Doherty's most popular series. Includes an exclusive extract from the eighteenth Corbett novel DARK SERPENT, the follow up to THE MYSTERIUM. If you love historical mysteries from Robin Hobb, Susanna Gregory or Bernard Knight you will love this.
It is 1311 and England seethes with unrest. Sir Hugh Corbett, former keeper of the Secret Seal, has been absent from royal service for over six years. Content to live a life more relaxed with his wife and children in the country Corbett has enjoyed his time away from the machinations of court and the secrets men will kill to keep.
But a visit from his new King, Edward II, brings about change. His former protégé, Ranulf Atte-Newgate, now Senior Clerk in the Chancery, has been implicated in the death of a young novice, and Edward has made it clear that Corbett must resume his post and solve the case if Ranulf is not to hang for the murder...
Corbett knows that resuming his post will bring him to the fore of Edward's political machinations but with Ranulf's life at stake, does Corbett have any choice but to accept the Seal once more?
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