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A Maze of Murders

C. L. Grace. Minotaur Books, $23.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-312-29016-0

In C.L. Grace's A Maze of Murders: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Kathryn Swinbrooke, the fifth book in this solid series to chronicle the doughty physician's exploits (after 2001's Saintly Murders), Kathryn looks into the murder of Sir Walter Maltravers, owner of a holy relic, the Lacrima Christi, which has gone missing. As usual, Grace (the pseudonym for British historian Paul Doherty) uses his scholarly expertise to craft an enthralling historical whodunit.