Bernard Knight

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, became a Home Office Pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. During his 40-year career with the Home Office, he performed over 25,000 autopsies, and was involved in many high profile cases, including that of Fred and Rose West, and the...

The second medieval murder mystery featuring Crowner John, Devon's first county coroner

The first medieval mystery in the Crowner John series

A decapitated body, a missing tinner, a disgruntled band of miners and a mad Saxon intent on destroying all things Norman are to be found in this medieval mystery featuring Crowner John. It seems only Gwyn, Crowner John's right-hand man can be of any help at all, until he's arrested for murder.

October, 1195. High-spirited young knights, drunken squires, pickpockets, and horse thieves are pouring into Exeter for a one-day jousting tournament. Not even the discovery of a naked corpse in the River Exe can spoil the excitement. During the tournament, there is a serious altercation between Hugo Peverel, a manor lord from Tiverton, and a Fr...