This has been compared to Ellis Peter's Brother Cadfael stories, and I certainly can see several superficial similarities. Like Brother Cadfael, sleuth Sister Frevisse is a monastic in the Benedictine order in an abbey in medieval England. However, I didn't find this first novel in the series anywhe...
In which I am talking to myself:"So Aoife, tell me again: Did you ever read a crime short-story collection (apart from Sherlock Holmes) you actually liked?""Well, there was this one by Pater Tremayne.""And apart from that?""None.""So why exactly did you think you'd like that one?""Because of the con...
The first in the extensive 'Sister Frevisse' medieval mystery series.Although it is definitely more a formula mystery than an historicalnovel, I didn't find it to be aggravatingly ahistorical.Set in 15th century England, the convent of St. Fridewide's is home toSister Frevisse, a devout but eminentl...
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