Uncle and his Detective Adele Geras his assistant in seven other

his assistant in seven other puzzles in Jecks's delightful medieval series (The Last Templar

and his feckless lawyer Temple

which flushed into the moat

Persephone spends six months of the year under the ground with her husband

Uncle and his Detective Adele Geras his assistant in seven otherIt begins with the arrival not of a detective, but of disaster: Badfort is for sale, but when Uncle decides to buy it, demolish it, and build a pleasantly appointed park on the site, he is forestalled. Beaver Hateman has sold it cheaply to someone on the condition that he, Hateman, is allowed to stay on as a paying guest. Forgetting that the man who has bought Badfort is certain to regret the "bargain", Uncle tries to console himself by continuing his