The Tainted Coin, Mel Starr
The Tainted Coin, Mel Starr
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The Tainted Coin

Author: Mel Starr

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/26/2020


Synopsis

It is the autumn of 1367. Master Hugh de Singleton is enjoying the peaceful life of Bampton, when a badly beaten man is found under the porch of St. Andrew’s Chapel. The dying man is a chapman, a traveling merchant.Before he is buried in the chapel grounds an ancient, corroded coin is found in the man’s mouth. Master Hugh’s quest for the chapman’s assailants, and his search for the origin of the coin, makes steady progress—but there are men of wealth and power who wish to halt his search, and an old nemesis, Sir Simon Trillowe, is in league with them. But Master Hugh, and his assistant, the groom Arthur, are determined to uncover the thieves and murderers and the source of the chapman’s coin.This they do but not before they become involved with a kidnapped maiden, a tyrannical abbot, and a suffering monk—a man who needs Master Hugh’s surgical skills and in return provides clues which assist Hugh in solving the mystery of the tainted coin.

About Mel Starr

Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with an MA degree in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years. Since retiring, he has focused on his highly successful novels.

About Steven Crossley

Steven Crossley is a multi-Earphones Award winner and twice-nominated Audie finalist who has narrated over two-hundred audiobooks. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has established an acting career on both sides of the Atlantic in theatre, television, film, and radio drama. A member of the internationally acclaimed company Complicite, he has performed with distinguished companies in New York and London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on June 11, 2013

Quick comment that I do love these books! I'm constantly surprised that they don't seem to be more well-known. I do have to say that this one was a bit disappointing. A) The mystery was solved well before the end (AND it was Hugh's arch-nemesis OF COURSE which I'm a little over), b) I lost count of......more

Goodreads review by Deb on February 16, 2020

This is definitely a book for fans of historic fiction, taking place in 14th century England. The protagonist is a surgeon and bailiff to Lord Gilbert Talbot. As bailiff he is charged with finding the murderer of those killed on his lord's lands. In this book, an itinerant merchant is found near deat......more

Goodreads review by Thomas Ray on March 04, 2021

(view spoiler)[The Tainted Coin, Mel Starr Our hero fails. He doesn't bring the murderers to justice. He doesn't recover the stolen treasure. He makes idiotic mistakes, failing to guard the treasure, failing to guard the rear entrance to the witness's house. (hide spoiler)]......more