Ah, series mysteries: you just have to love them. I read about 7/8 of this book in less than 4 hours on Thursday and finished it last night.This is Volume IV of the Domesday Books, and we find our intrepid (except for Brother Simon) foursome of King's commissioners heading to York to oversee the settlement of claims in that area. They are now traveling with Ralph's lover, Golde, a holdover from the last book, and they also pick up an assistant in Lincoln.
By the time they arrive in York, they have been beset by thieves who steal some of their horses and supplies. Their host in York is an old friend of Ralph's who insists that he knows who stole their things, but he can't catch the group. Aubrey, their host, has interesting pets--two lions--who patrol the inside of the keep at night, providing a great deal of security for the castle.
Their assistant is murdered, the land claims are not easily sorted out, the head of the gang who held them up on the road returns to York to press his own land-claim, and we are reminded that lions make unpredictable pets. And Golde helps remind the men that there are ways to find things out in the women's world, too.
Oh, but there were a load of very loose ends. I really can't justify this book at all, but I will continue on in the series. The characters interest me.
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