A review by vesper1931
The Butcher of Smithfield by Susanna Gregory

mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

1663 Thomas Chaloner has returned to England but his paymaster the Earl of Clarendon has a job for him. To investigate the death of newsbook minion and solicitor Thomas Newburne, presumed dead by eating cucumbers. Soon Chaloner uncovers more deaths but what is the motive, by what means and who is behind the deaths.
An entertaining historical mystery.