A Shroud of Snow

Name: A Shroud of Snow
Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)

by Sarah Hawkswood Book 14 in the Bradecote & Catchpoll series.

First published 2026

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Worcester, December 1145. Hamelin Isenmongere, a Gloucester trader in iron and charcoal, is regarded as one of the most popular merchants in the city. His body is found near his riverside warehouse with his skull crushed, leaving Bradecote, Catchpoll and Walkelin to discover which part of an apparently successful life produced a lethal enemy.

Evidence leads from the quay into Worcester Castle, where the murder becomes connected to the search for a spy. The struggle between Stephen and Empress Matilda gives commercial information, military movement and personal loyalty political value. As winter closes around the city, the investigators must establish whether Hamelin died because of a betrayal within his own circle or because he became entangled in the contest for England’s crown.