The Wolves of Savernake

Name: The Wolves of Savernake
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by Edward Marston Book 1 in the Domesday series.

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Ralph Delchard, a soldier who fought at the Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, a talented lawyer, have been commissioned by William the Conqueror to investigate irregularities uncovered during the compilation of the Domesday Book. Their work takes them across England, where disputes over land, loyalty and authority repeatedly draw them into crimes more dangerous than the administrative questions they were sent to resolve.

When a man's mutilated body is found in Savernake Forest, the people of Bedwyn fear that a monstrous killer is stalking the area. Ralph and Gervase soon discover that the community is concealing its own secrets, and their investigation leads them toward a human murderer much closer to home.