Fortune like the Moon (A Hawkenlye Mystery) - Hardcover

Clare, Alys

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340739312 ISBN 13: 9780340739310

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999

Synopsis

Shortly before his unexpected coronation, King Richard passed a law letting all of England's prisoners go free. Shortly afterwards a young nun is found, gruesomely murdered. Richard swiftly employs an old military colleague of his, Josse d'Acquin, to unravel this hideous mystery. Who could have wanted to kill this innocent young novice, and, more worryingly, why?

Josse goes to Hawkenlye Abbey to find out the answers to these questions. He is having little success until meets the Abbess Helewise, a woman who quickly proves herself to be his equal, both as an amateur sleuth, and as a figure the community can rely on during this turbulent time for England.

This duo have to find the murderer, and find him quickly, or they'll have the King of England to answer to...

About this title

Review:

'A rich medieval mystery' Bolton Evening News

Proof that a writer of medieval crime fiction can deliver something fresh (The Times Crime Supplement)

Rich in detail and with a good sense of time and place (Hertfordshire Star)

'An engrossing tale' Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

The first in a new series of mediaeval mysteries, set around the Great Forest in the Weald of Kent.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0340739312
• ISBN 13: 9780340739310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224