The King's Justice, Katherine Kurtz, Four Stars

One of Kurtz's better books. She not only employs her usual vivid medieval settings and descriptions, but crafts a believable and engaging plot. The protagonists don't sit around waiting to get punched in the face (as they often did in some of her earlier works), but take reasonable steps of their own. Nonetheless, she works it up to a page-turning cliff-hanging ending that is one of the more satisfying and engaging ones of the series. As always, you could pick it up and read it alone, but it's much better if you read those stories that come narratively before it. Definitely a good read.