’Skulduggery: Shadows of Yorkshire’

March 27, 2023 at 11:30 am A sweeping saga meticulously researched. A fascinating tale of the adventures of a peasant family in Yorkshire, England. Rushworth-Brown has a simple writing style with detailed descriptions that tend to characterize many longer novels. His characters are well-developed with baddies that you really love to hate. A masterpiece of storytelling. Knowing that a story actually happened — or is at least loosely based on something that happened — somehow makes it so much more intriguing and powerful. Rushworth-Brown carefully navigates the backdrop of the English Reformation, populating it with likable and despicable characters, and casting them in a fully realised historical mystery setting. It’s a slice of history that’s totally, utterly believable, and unbelievable. The twists surprised and the ending was totally unexpected even for the most astute of readers. Skulduggery by Paul Rushworth Brown ( Shawling Publishing Group) is a vividly told story which quickly tra