diff --git a/azbus/receiver.go b/azbus/receiver.go
index 1c23649..3d7d607 100644
--- a/azbus/receiver.go
+++ b/azbus/receiver.go
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ type Receiver struct {
 
 	Cfg ReceiverConfig
 
-	log      Logger
-	mtx      sync.Mutex
-	receiver *azservicebus.Receiver
-	options  *azservicebus.ReceiverOptions
-	handlers []Handler
+	log                      Logger
+	mtx                      sync.Mutex
+	receiver                 *azservicebus.Receiver
+	options                  *azservicebus.ReceiverOptions
+	handlers                 []Handler
+	serialHandler            Handler
+	numberOfReceivedMessages int // for serial Handler only
 }
 
 type ReceiverOption func(*Receiver)
@@ -98,6 +100,14 @@ func WithHandlers(h ...Handler) ReceiverOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithSerialHandler
+func WithSerialHandler(h Handler, n int) ReceiverOption {
+	return func(r *Receiver) {
+		r.serialHandler = h
+		r.numberOfReceivedMessages = n
+	}
+}
+
 // WithRenewalTime takes an optional time to renew the peek lock. This should be comfortably less
 // than the peek lock timeout. For example: the default peek lock timeout is 60s and the default
 // renewal time is 50s.
@@ -226,7 +236,7 @@ func (r *Receiver) renewMessageLock(ctx context.Context, count int, msg *Receive
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *Receiver) receiveMessages() error {
+func (r *Receiver) receiveMessagesInParallel() error {
 
 	numberOfReceivedMessages := len(r.handlers)
 	r.log.Debugf(
@@ -294,6 +304,55 @@ func (r *Receiver) receiveMessages() error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *Receiver) receiveMessagesInSerial() error {
+
+	r.log.Debugf(
+		"NumberOfReceivedMessages %d, RenewMessageLock: %v",
+		r.numberOfReceivedMessages,
+		r.Cfg.RenewMessageLock,
+	)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	for {
+		var err error
+		var messages []*ReceivedMessage
+		messages, err = r.receiver.ReceiveMessages(ctx, r.numberOfReceivedMessages, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			azerr := fmt.Errorf("%s: ReceiveMessage failure: %w", r, NewAzbusError(err))
+			r.log.Infof("%s", azerr)
+			return azerr
+		}
+		total := len(messages)
+		r.log.Debugf("total messages %d", total)
+		var renewCtx context.Context
+		var renewCancel context.CancelFunc
+		var maxDuration time.Duration
+		// XXX: if the number of Received Messages is large (>10) then RenewMessageLock is required.
+		if r.Cfg.RenewMessageLock {
+			func() {
+				renewCtx, renewCancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
+				defer renewCancel()
+				for i, msg := range messages {
+					go r.renewMessageLock(renewCtx, i+1, msg)
+				}
+				for i, msg := range messages {
+					r.processMessage(renewCtx, i+1, maxDuration, msg, r.serialHandler)
+				}
+			}()
+		} else {
+			for i, msg := range messages {
+				func() {
+					// we need a timeout per message if RenewMessageLock is disabled
+					renewCtx, renewCancel, maxDuration = r.setTimeout(ctx, r.log, msg)
+					defer renewCancel()
+					r.processMessage(renewCtx, i+1, maxDuration, msg, r.serialHandler)
+				}()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // The following 2 methods satisfy the startup.Listener interface.
 func (r *Receiver) Listen() error {
 	r.log.Debugf("listen")
@@ -303,7 +362,10 @@ func (r *Receiver) Listen() error {
 		r.log.Infof("%s", azerr)
 		return azerr
 	}
-	return r.receiveMessages()
+	if r.serialHandler != nil {
+		return r.receiveMessagesInSerial()
+	}
+	return r.receiveMessagesInParallel()
 }
 
 func (r *Receiver) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -334,10 +396,17 @@ func (r *Receiver) open() error {
 		r.log.Infof("%s", azerr)
 		return azerr
 	}
-
 	r.receiver = receiver
-	for j := range len(r.handlers) {
-		err = r.handlers[j].Open()
+
+	if r.serialHandler == nil {
+		for j := range len(r.handlers) {
+			err = r.handlers[j].Open()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to open handler: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = r.serialHandler.Open()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to open handler: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -356,11 +425,15 @@ func (r *Receiver) close_() {
 				azerr := fmt.Errorf("%s: Error closing receiver: %w", r, NewAzbusError(err))
 				r.log.Infof("%s", azerr)
 			}
-			r.receiver = nil
 			for j := range len(r.handlers) {
 				r.handlers[j].Close()
 			}
 			r.handlers = []Handler{}
+			if r.serialHandler != nil {
+				r.serialHandler.Close()
+				r.serialHandler = nil
+			}
+			r.receiver = nil
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/taskfiles/Taskfile_codeqa.yml b/taskfiles/Taskfile_codeqa.yml
index 89eb4b2..d4ed14a 100644
--- a/taskfiles/Taskfile_codeqa.yml
+++ b/taskfiles/Taskfile_codeqa.yml
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ tasks:
     desc: Quality assurance of code
     summary: "format sources (go fmt)"
     cmds:
-      - gofmt -l -s -w .
+      - |
+        go fix ./...
+        goimports -w .
+        gofmt -l -s -w .
 
   lint:
     desc: Quality assurance of code
     cmds:
       - |
-        golangci-lint --version
         go vet ./...
-        goimports {{.VERBOSE}} -w .
+        golangci-lint --version
         golangci-lint {{.VERBOSE}} run --timeout 10m ./...
-        gofmt -l -s -w .
 
   unit-tests:
     desc: "run unit tests"