Richard the Lionheart is still being held hostage after his crusade and his people made paupers by paying the ransom. The Abbess Helewise is struggling to keep the abbey going through a cold, brutal winter fending off starvation of her nuns and the local people. And then a much-loved person returns to her after nearly twenty years in desperate need of help. Her son. He claims his wife is suffering mental torments and his son is mute. But then a man is found strangled, dangling from a tree near the abbey. The next day her son and his family flee. Helewise and a local Knight, Josse d' Acquin, must investigate deep into the past to the time before Helewise took the veil. Was her handsome husband and enigmatic father-in-law all that they seemed? And can she prevent another terrible murder or will the sins of the fathers be laid upon her innocent son?
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" 'Proof that a writer of medieval crime fiction can deliver something fresh' - The Times. 'A worthy heir to Ellis Peters, though grittler, materialises' - Poison in the Pen on FORTUNE LIKE THE MOON - 'Cunningly shifting sympathles among virtually all the players, Clere spotlights first Helewise, then Josse, in a detecting competition that lifts the partners above their predictable gender roles... immersing them in a suddenly engrossing tale.' - Kirkus Reviews. 'A rich and compelling mystery' - Tangled Web"
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Alys Clare is a history enthusiast who has written many novels under a different name. Alys Clare lives in Kent, where the Hawkenlye mysteries are set. You can reach her on her website www.alysclare.com
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Author losing her focus.,
By Lady Fiona (Jupiter, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girl in a Red Tunic (Hawkenlye Mysteries) (Paperback)
As a lover of medieval mystries, I have enjoyed Alys Clare's previous novels, but am somewhat disappointed in this one. In it, she seems to be veering toward the "torn bodice" romance genre, concentrating less on the medieval aspects of the time and the development of a good mystery. Let's hope that the next book in the series has more resemblance to the writing of Ellis Peters and less to Barbara Cartland.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
her best yet,
By mizlee (richmond, va) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girl in a Red Tunic (Hawkenlye Mysteries) (Paperback)
What a treat to see how the abbess got where she is! I still think she takes herself way too seriously, but at least now I understand why she's so conflicted. Unlike the books about Josse's romantic interest, which bored me to pieces, this one keeps you fascinated.
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I saw the solution coming very early on,
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This review is from: Girl in a Red Tunic (Hawkenlye Mysteries) (Paperback)
This story was good, but I spotted the key to the mystery, or one of the mysteries, very early on, and that's extremely unusual for me. I usually never figure mysteries out until the last page. I don't want to give too much away, but it involves a desk, or rather a table...
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