Deze auteur creëert boeiende middeleeuwse mysteries, met de scherpzinnige non-detective Hildegard van Meaux in de hoofdrol. Diep geworteld in een fascinatie voor de Middeleeuwen, verweeft haar werk historische details nauwgezet met de complexiteit van misdaad en karakter. Hoewel haar achtergrond ligt in hedendaagse toneelstukken en romans, verkent ze nu thema's als rechtvaardigheid en de menselijke natuur door de lens van het verleden. Haar aanpak balanceert de inherente duisternis van mysterie met een genuanceerde ontwikkeling van relaties en plot, en biedt lezers een boeiende reis door historische raadsels.
Friar-sleuth Brother Chandler has to save a copy of the Canterbury Tales before the censors kill him and destroy it. He gets help from wool merchant John Willoughby who claims to be a friend and needs aid solving the mysterious death of his wife. But can Chandler trust him and will he be able to solve the case without putting everyone in peril?
June, 1394. When a body is discovered near Swyne Priory, nun sleuth Hildegard of Meaux is plunged into a dark and dangerous puzzle where nothing is as it seems. All she knows for certain is that a storm is coming, threatening to cut the priory off from the outside world and trap them with a killer . . .
February, 1390. When rumours fly that distant Beaulieu Abbey may turn traitor and support the anti-pope Clement, Hildegard's prioress summons her with a mission she can't refuse: travel to the isolated royal abbey and spy out their true allegiance. But little does Hildegard know, death and danger wait at Beaulieu . . .
January, 1400. The bowman strikes at night, slaying one of King Henry's loyal garrison men before vanishing into the dark. Was the murder personal? Or is it the start of an uprising against England's self-crowned king? Friar and reluctant spy Brother Chandler is ordered to investigate, before the spark of rebellion can set the country alight.
"Late December, 1389. Ordered to undertake a gruelling three-day journey to bleak Whitby Abbey in the far north of England in a bid to purchase the Abbey's priceless Holy Relic a lock of St Hild's hair, said to be 700 years old, Hildegard of Meaux and her three companion monks arrive to find the Abbey a decidedly unwelcoming place, a place of strange customs and practices very different to their modest lifestyle at Meaux. Nor, as Hildegard discovers, is she the only visitor intent on acquiring the Relic. Before the bidding war can begin, a body is discovered in the monastery's apple store shed, and once again Hildegard is plunged into a baffling murder investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Something is rotten in the heart of Whitby Abbey and it's up to Hildegard to discover the truth."--Provided by publisher
London, 1399. When the body of a young nun is discovered at Dowgate sluice, Brother Chandler is called in to investigate. But secretly acting as a spy for King Richard's cousin Henry Bolingbroke, Chandler is torn by conflicting loyalties, and his investigations will draw him into affairs of state - endangering himself and all those around him.