Kregel Publications Blog Tour

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Unhallowed Ground

by

Mel Starr

ISBN: 9780857210586 

Paperback, 240 pages
Monarch Books

Overview

Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cowleys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh and Kate find evidence that this may not be so.

Meet the Author

Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with a MA in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years, thirty-five of those in Portage, MI, where he retired in 2003 as chairman of the social studies department of Portage Northern High School. Mel and his wife, Susan, have two daughters and seven grandchildren.

READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE

MY THOUGHTS:

As this is the fourth chronicle of Hugh de Singleton surgeon, I am starting at the end of the story but that is ok as I begin to read it all fell into place.

When Thomas atte Bridge that no one like was found hanging from a tree everyone thought he had taken his own life, but Master Hugh thought other wise.  He though that the man had been murdered and he was going to find out who did it.  As he was beginning his investigation he didn't want to get any one else involved as they all had been harmed one way or other by Thomas.  

The vicar would not allow Thomas to be buried in the church graveyard as they all believed he had taken his own life so he was buried at the edge of Gilber's pasture.  Before they had cut Thomas down from the tree Master Hugh had noticed some twigs stuck to his shoes and after he was on the ground he noticed his lip was swollen and a tooth loose.  He also pulled his sleeves up and saw what looked like a rope mark on his wrist and a man that took his own life would not have tied his own wrist.

So not the chase begins for Master Hugh as he travels around trying to find who the murderer was as he believed now that he had been murdered.

I want to thank Kregel Publications as they included me in this blog tour.  The book was sent to me free and I chose the way I reviewed it.