J and K's house is filled with shelves upon shelves of graphic novels and incredible, rare whodunits. K collects the latter, and has a collection that should, legitimately, take people's breaths away. Sometimes, when K is in a good mood, he will lend me a random book. This was one such. I was whining about a good detective novel to read, and as he usually looks down upon my philistine Agatha Christie reading ways, I was rather surprised when he dusted off this volume and advised me to read it.
I wasn't disappointed. Recommended, totally, if only for the superb research about medieval England that has gone into the book.