Originally published at Eight Hobbits
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Antony Barone Kolenc has done it again with the continuation of his series, The Harwood Mysteries. Book 4 finds Xan in Lincoln, working for his uncle in the fine cloth shop. Life as an apprentice seems fine, until Nigel, the arrogant nephew of Uncle William’s business partner attracts the wrong kind of attention from the sheriff and a couple of thugs.
Nigel’s father, Godric, is a wealthy merchant who helps Uncle William with his business connections. But Godric tends to favor wine and women too much and is careless of his wealth. Xan feels completely out of place with Nigel, Godric, and Christina, the girl from the village that Xan cares for deeply. Christina cares for Xan, too, but flirts with Nigel as if her life depended on it. Nigel is ten years older than Christina, so he appears wise and witty.
But Nigel might be in over his head. He sells a piece of jewelry to Duke Geoffrey, one of King Henry’s sons. Nigel thinks he
