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A Taste for Killing is the tenth and most recent (for now) in Sarah Hawkswood's Bradecote/Catchpoll series. It’s £0.99 at Kindle UK right now. I had an ARC of an earlier book in the series, and liked it well enough, with the minor issue that it was pretty bleak. And although I know that life can be bleak, when I'm reading fiction I'm usually reading for enjoyment. And I'm not sure if bleak counts for that . I don't know if this is typical of all the books in the series, though.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NLH1RZP
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NLH1RZP

Spoiler:

Whose was the hand that poisoned Godfrey Bowyer? Bradecote and Catchpoll are on the trail of the killer.

Worcester, January 1145. Poison strikes down bow maker Godfrey Bowyer and his wife Blanche after their evening meal. While she survives, he dies an agonising death. Few could have administered the poison, which should mean a very short investigation for the Sheriff's men, Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin. But perhaps someone was pulling the strings, and that widens the net considerably.

With an unpopular victim, the suspects are many and varied.