Smuggler's Moon (Sir John Fielding Series #8) Book

This is an excellent historical mystery. Sir John Fielding is shown through the eyes of his young assistant, the narrator, Jeremy. The story is exciting in it self--not a huge amount of fast action or swashbuckling sword fights. Rather, is is a suspenseful unraveling carefully clue to clue to bring murderers to justice.

I particularly liked the way Sir John fielding ws portrayed. In much fiction that I have read, blind people are either superhuman with no faults--or dolts. Sir John has enought human failings to be short empered with Jeremy and display other weaknesses. Yet he has a clever mind--when Jeremy and the other constables does the physical work and bring Sir John information and clues, he sits behind the scenes like a master chessplayer, plotting his next move againts the smugglers and the murderers.

Btw, if you want to check google, Sir John Fielding is based on an actual historical figure. Know as "The Blind Beak of the Magistrates court", the real Sir John could remember many witnesses by their voice alone and was a skilled interrogator.

If you like a good puzzle mystery with well developed characters, an interesting plot, and good historical details, this mystery should be to your liking.

Recommended for fans of mysteries; fans of straight history or historical fiction would also enjoy this.