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The Ramage Hawk

John Pilkington

Category: Mystery/thriller

Summer, 1590. In the communities on the vast wilderness of Salisbury Plain, villagers toil to get the harvest in, unaware that a murderer has come among them. Thomas the Falconer, here to train a ramage hawk (half-wild falcon), is caught up in the drama. The body count rises, pitting him against the most dangerous foe he has ever faced.

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The Ramage Hawk is the third novel in the popular series, The Thomas the Falconer Mysteries. Set in Elizabethan England, it features keen-eyed falconer-cum-sleuth Thomas Finbow, who serves wealthy Berkshire knight Sir Robert Vicary.

‘Pilkington’s third Thomas the Falconer historical offers a real treat. This tale gives an authentic sense of Elizabethan life’s visceral side with all its lawlessness and brutality, including a climactic battle.’ (Publisher’s Weekly)

‘Pilkington’s latest in this well-liked series offers authentic period detail, swashbuckling adventure, intriguing characters and a page-turner of a story.’ (Booklist)

‘a truly fine historical series’ (Library Journal)

The Ramage Hawk is now republished by Sharpe Books on kindle and is available in audio-book.