- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Robert Hale & Company (April 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0709095961
- ISBN-13: 978-0709095965
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 540 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #188,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Engrossing' - Red Roses for Authors 'History fans will relish every minute' - Publisher's Weekly 'Appealing characters and crisp writing' - Los Angeles Times
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Caught under the tyrannical thumb of her new prioress, Dame Frevisse finds welcome relief in leaving St Frideswide nunnery on a pilgrimage. But the road brings with it unwelcome company: the wealthy Lionel Knyvet has been possessed by a foul demon. Seeking relief from the horrific terrors visited upon his body each fortnight, Lionel has dragged his entire household on an endless pilgrimage across the length and breadth of England. Frevisse wants nothing more than the peaceful bliss of travel, but must instead endure the incessant chattering of a mob. Lionel's possession, however, may only mask a darker sin. When the pilgrims make their way to the manor house at Minster Lovell, Frevisse begins to unwind the bitter poisons of jealousy and betrayal eating at the hearts of both Lionel and his brother Giles. Against her will, the innocent nun is drawn into the vilest depths of the human soul and there she unlocks the mysteries of a blackened heart. But even when the truth comes out, can justice be done? The pure of heart will find no peace when murder and death come knocking at the manor's door...
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I Think the best so far in this series!, Oct 18 2003
By S. Schwartz "romonko" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Murderers Tale (Mass Market Paperback)
This is probably the best in the Sister Frevisse series so far, even though we know who the murderer is from the beginning. What we discover as we read is a medieval mystery that has a great sense of time and place. We see the whole "castle keep life" as they lived it. We also see the superstition and belief in the supernatural that was so much a part of this day and age. It must have been terrible for anyone that suffered from the "falling sickness" back then since people were so afraid that that person was possessed by demons.
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Fascinating glimpse of medieval life and murderer's mind, Jan 30 2011
By LAR - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Murderers Tale (Mass Market Paperback)
Frazer presents not a mystery but a portrait of a sociopathic killer. Some of the chapters are told from the murderer's point of view, others from the point of view of Sister Frevisse who begins to suspect the obvious facts of the case as the murderer has meant them to be seen. Dame Frevisse and Dame Clair, unable to stand the autocratic rule of their new prioress Dame Alys, confess to their sins of pride and disobedience and are sent on pilgrimage to expiate and take a break from dealing with her in person. Stopping first at Minster Lovell to present the convent's side of a dispute over the repair of a well granted to the nuns by Lovell, they are there when a manservant is found murdered after attending to his master during an epileptic fit. While everyone assumes that the demon they believe causes the fits led to the murder, Sister Frevisse pieces together inconsistencies of the crime scene with her observations of both the manservant and the family of his master. But is her suspicion of the epileptic's cousin due to her reading of the situation or to her dislike of the man? And how does that relate to problems with Dame Alys? The author presents a fifteenth century community that comes sympathetically alive to the modern reader, with both accurate period detail and compelling characterization. I don't know why this one is so expensive compared to others in the series, but it is worth reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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An old but familiar story, April 26 2011
By Cindy E. Hoisington "Chickenfeed" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Murderers Tale (Mass Market Paperback)
I enjoyed this Margaret Frazer mystery... the only thing is that unusually the murderer is revealed early on.... and you are left wondering if he really gets caugh the whole book. A different twist.
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