The Nightingale Gallery

Paul Doherty

Having read it

★★★★☆

With steady pace, good narrative, historical settings and dastardly intrigue it made for a decent read.

A good passage

‘As I [Athelstan] said, Sir John, logic and a little evidence, some speculation, and perhaps some help from Mistress Fortune. In the end we will grasp the truth. I don’t particularly mourn the four who died. What bothers me, what’s making me sour and evil-tempered, is that the murderers are here, laughing at us, watching us fumble. They shall pay for that enjoyment. We can all murder, Sir John.’ He rose, dusting the crumbs from his habit. ‘Cain is in each of us. We lose our temper, feel cornered and frightened, it can be the work of an instant. But to savour murder – that’s not the prompting of Cain, that’s Satan!’