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Peter Tremayne is one of the best loved writers of historical mysteries, his novels and stories published in over a dozen countries around the world. An Ensuing Evil collects for the first time fourteen of his historical mysteries ranging in time and place from 7th-century Ireland (featuring his best known sleuth, Fidelma of Cashel) and 8th-century Scotland (featuring the real-life Macbeth) to the recent history of Victorian England and beyond. These fourteen tales of murder, mayhem and mystery each display Tremayne's usual mix of compelling historical detail about the time period and a baffling puzzle that will delight and confound his ever-growning legion of fans.

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Peter Tremayne is the pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, a well-known historian. As Tremayne, he is the author of fourteen widely acclaimed historical mysteries, most recently The Leper's Bell. He lives in London.

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books; 1st edition (December 27, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312342284
ISBN-13: 978-0312342289
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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ensuing evil, genuine stone, stay ropes, toilet case, young midshipman

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Master Drew, Brother S�oda, Abbot Laisran, Sister Sc�thach, Master Topcliff, Sir Rupert, Hardy Drew, Master Constable, Lady Gruoch, Brother Cruinn, Father Cassian, Master Burbage, Midshipman Hart, Sherlock Holmes, Devi Bhadra, Sergeant Cuff, Cardinal Tosca, Miss Mary, Lord Chetwynd Miller, Sister Sl�ine, Master Fulke, Father Michael, Major Foran, Irish Party, Sir Gibson

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4.0 out of 5 stars Short stories, long sentences, August 6, 2006

By	Lynn Hughes (Bucks County, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Peter Tremayne, as he is known, has become a better writer with each new Sister Fidelma novel. He still reminds me a bit of the late Isaac Asimov, in that his characters tend to be wooden and 2-dimensional, described largely in quick familiar strokes -- if not cliches -- and seeming to exist only to serve the machinations of the plot. In Asimov's case, the science was the foundation (no pun intended), and in Tremayne's it is the history. Their expertise is, in my opinion, the best part of their storytelling. However, Tremayne has gradually found more ways to convey the personality and feelings of Fidelma beyond the perpetually wayward bit of red hair that signals her basically boundary-testing and fiery personality.

This collection of stories takes us beyond the setting of ancient Ireland into other territories in the past. Tremayne's skill at setting out the mystery as a puzzle for the reader to solve before it is revealed is as strong here in tighter conditions as it is in his novels. The only real problem I have with these stories is his attempt to stuff a novel's worth of information into a much smaller space. This leads to sentences such as this one, which ought to get some sort of literary award:

"MacBeth, son of Findlay, the Mor-mhaor or petty king of Moray, which was one of the seven great provincial kingdoms of Alba, answering to no man except the High King, whose capital was south in Sain, stared down with a grim face."

There are 35 words between the name of the person who did the action and the action itself! In those words, we are told who Findlay is, what Moray is, and where the High King lives. Oh, my. In Fidelma's Irish, the sentence would have begun (more or less) "Stared down with a grim face Malcolm . . . " so you would have known what was going on before you got the geography lesson.

And that is not the only such convoluted sentence in this respected historian's collection of clever mysteries.

I recommend this book to you highly nonetheless, as I do all of Tremayne's other fiction and, for that matter, just about all of Asimov's. But I warn the reader that there may be bits such as the one cited above at which you will burst out laughing for reasons that have nothing to do with the story itself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Tales of Murder and Mayhem!, July 27, 2006

By	Michael OConnor "Wordsmith" (Wausau, WI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Peter Tremayne is a master of historical murder mysteries, as is amply demonstrated by this delightful collection of short stories previously published in other mystery anthologies.

The 14 stories range in setting from 7th Century Ireland to 8th Century Scotland, Victorian England, India in the day of Rajahs and even a present-day 747 in flight. Populated by such real and fictional characters such as Sister Fidelma - Tremayne's best-known creation - Macbeth, Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes, they are a wonderful smorgasbord of mystery and mayhem.

To be honest, I almost gave this title a 4-star rating. The book includes five Sherlock Holmes stories, three of which involve aspects relating to Holmes' Anglo-Irish background. I didn't find that backdrop all that interesting in one story, let alone three.

However the book deserves a 5-star rating. The opening story, featuring Macbeth, is a wickedly delicious murder mystery that twists and turns until the ending where the reader discovers how evil people can be. Other stories in the anthology such as those featuring London Constable Hardy Drew, another one set on a Royal Navy sloop and the aforementioned India tale are top-of-the-line page-turners as well.

As this anthology demonstrates, Tremayne is a wonderful writer. His stories resound with memorable characters, masterfully evoked settings and compelling mysteries that leave the reader chuckling at story's end.

If you love whodunits, you'll enjoy this book!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Sister Fidelma stories, February 8, 2007

By	M. Strange "michelleinmd" (Takoma Park, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was expecting this to be a collection of Sister Fidelma mysteries, but there's only one in the collection. I dutifully slogged through them, but would not recommend it as his best writing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Ensuing Evil and Others: Fourteen Historical Mysteries (Mysteries of Ancient Ireland featuring Sister Fidelma of Cashel)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mysteries of Ancient Ireland

As usual, Peter Tremayne's stories are "entertaining" and enthralling. Even though I prefer his novel length books, it is "refreshing" to be able to read one short story at... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Richard J. Vielbig

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He's a very good writer but this collection is uneven and at times boring. It has a few good stories but for the rest there's just something missing.

Published 23 months ago by Robert D. Dominiec

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