This winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery is βan entertaining blend of fantasy, whodunit, and comedyβ (School Library Journal).
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When Selwyn, a farmer, is accused of murdering his rival, Farold, he is sealed in the village burial cave with Faroldβs moldering corpse to await starvationβor worse. Worse comes along quickly in the form of a witch who raises Farold from the dead. Selwyn thought he disliked Farold when he was alive, but that was nothing compared to working by the dead manβs side as they search for the real killer.
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βMurder, magic, salacious secrets, and sparkling wit immediately pull the reader into this engrossing medieval whodunitΒ .Β .Β . universally appealing and difficult to put down.β βKirkus Reviews
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βA tongue-in-cheek medieval farce and a supernatural mystery.β βLibrary Journal
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βAn entertaining book that will attract both fantasy and mystery readers.β βBooklist