- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (2 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340831154
- ISBN-13: 978-0340831151
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 116,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"* 'This is no murder-by-numbers writer. What seems a fascinating subplot, about a forest poeople who adhere to the old pagan ways, gradually becomes central to the investigation. Clare draws utterly believable characters who have warmth and humanity... Don't let the fact that this is the sixth in a series put you off. But I bet, like me, you'll be ordering books one to five when you've finished.' - Derby Evening Telegraph on A DARK NIGHT HIDDEN * 'A worthy heir to Ellis Peters, though grittier, materialises' - Poison in the Pen on FORTUNE LIKE THE MOON * 'Proof that a writer of medieval crime fiction can deliver something fresh' - The Times * 'Cunningly shifting sympathies among virtually all the players, Clare 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"
Poison in the Pen on FORTUNE LIKE THE MOON
'A worthy heir to Ellis Peters, though grittier, materialises'
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Alys Clare's novels are like a breath of fresh air. I love medieval murder mysteries and there are certainly a lot of them about (thank goodness), but the authors books breathe new life into the period and her will they won't they situation with Helewise and Sir Josse, holds the reader's attention as well. Don't be swayed into thinking that these books are written with the female reader in mind. They are for everybody, young and old, male or female. Alys Clare lives in Kent where the Hawkenlye mysteries are set.
The year is 1194 and the winter weather is becoming increasingly bitter. A sick man is making is way to Hawkenlye Abbey where he hopes to obtain a cure for his illness by taking the Holy Water at the Abbey. In his delirium, the Virgin Mary appears before him, a miraculous sighting that is on a part with the sighting that led to the establishment of the Abbey. As the figure of a beautiful woman approaches the sick man he begins to pray, but she strikes him with a club and then rolls him into a ditch.
It is only when the winter thaw begins that the corpse is discovered. Everything points to the sick man being from France, as he has papers on him and tha Abbess asks Sir Josse d'Aquin if he can decipher them. Meanwhile the two travellers who found the body fall ill and the sickness bears a strong resemblance to the plague . . .
The year is 1194 and the winter weather is becoming increasingly bitter. A sick man is making is way to Hawkenlye Abbey where he hopes to obtain a cure for his illness by taking the Holy Water at the Abbey. In his delirium, the Virgin Mary appears before him, a miraculous sighting that is on a part with the sighting that led to the establishment of the Abbey. As the figure of a beautiful woman approaches the sick man he begins to pray, but she strikes him with a club and then rolls him into a ditch.
It is only when the winter thaw begins that the corpse is discovered. Everything points to the sick man being from France, as he has papers on him and tha Abbess asks Sir Josse d'Aquin if he can decipher them. Meanwhile the two travellers who found the body fall ill and the sickness bears a strong resemblance to the plague . . .
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alys Clare has yet again produced a thoroughly enjoyable book I have read all the other 8 Hawkenlye Mysteries and am currently reading number 10, I have enjoyed everyone of her books and cant wait to start her new series after I have read the rest of the Hawkenly series, If you are into Medieval Mysteries not only this book but all the others in the series are a must, Aylys Clare never dissapoints.
Joyce Travers.
Joyce Travers.
Format:Paperback
Wanted a paperback small enough for my elderly father to hold. Seemed to be a gap in series but found on Amazon.
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