Servant of the Crown is a 3 book box set of the (you guessed it) Servant of the Crown mysteries by Denise Domning. It is free right now at Kindle US, no idea why or for how long. This series appears to be self-pub, but I've read the first (it was free by itself a while back) and enjoyed it, and am happy to get the next two for free. The author also writes romances, and has at least one conventionally published romance series from some years back.
Titles in the box set include:
- Season of the Raven
- Season of the Fox
- The Lost Innocents
link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HHCJJPA
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A 3-book box set containing Season of the Raven, Season of the Fox, and Lost Innocents.
Book I, SEASON OF THE RAVEN
4.3 stars
A Miller Found Under His Wheel
It's 1194 and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire's newly appointed Keeper of the Pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller's death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his 'penance', the shire's first Crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn't and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.
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Book 2, SEASON OF THE FOX
4.5 stars
Raise the Hue and Cry!
A wealthy merchant has been murdered in his own home, and the suspect has fled to sanctuary in a local church. Enter Sir Faucon de Ramis, the king's new Servant of the Crown in the shire, to solve the murder, assisted by his prickly secretary, Brother Edmund.
As Faucon begins his hunt, the shire's new Crowner finds himself in the upside-down world of a woman's trade. Not only does the merchant's wife own the business--unheard of!--the suspect is the daughter's betrothed, or so the town believes. But what about the bloody shoe prints and missing tally sticks, and what does the sheriff have to gain?
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Book 3, LOST INNOCENTS
4.6 stars
Into The Woods
A leper's daughter is found in the well of a dying hamlet and the only suspect has fled into Feckenham Forest. But the sun is setting and Warwickshire's sheriff is hunting his shire's new Crowner. That sends Sir Faucon de Ramis and Brother Edmund, his prickly clerk, racing for a nearby abbey only to meet the man he least wishes to see at the abbey gates. Before long, Faucon finds himself riding into the dark at Sir Alain's side as they hunt for yet another lost innocent.
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