S. D. Sykes

The Good Death (Somershill Manor Mysteries)

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Lord of Somershill Manor, Oswald de Lacy is explaining the origin of a letter to his dying mother. The letter dates back to 1349, ...Read Review

The Bone Fire: A Somershill Manor Mystery

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The Black Death stalks England in 1361, and Oswald de Lacy seeks safety for his family. He brings them to an isolated castle on ...Read Review

City of Masks

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the third novel in Sykes’ Somershill Manor series, but can be read as a standalone. Set in 1358 Venice, as Oswald de ...Read Review

City of Masks

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this mystery set in the 1350s, Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill endures a brutal interrogation and receives a menacing warning from the ...Read Review

The Butcher Bird

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The Butcher Bird, the sequel to Plague Land, is a classic who-dunnit laced with numerous and well-placed red herrings, and enough backstory competently ...Read Review

Plague Land

By S. D. Sykes - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is a mediaeval murder/mystery which begins with a murder and ends with the murderer unmasked, but it is much more than ...Read Review