num_pages: 229
description: The arrival of lusty, blaspheming dowager Lady Ermentrude at St. Frideswide convent in 1431 causes quite a stir, but before the obnoxious woman can get what she came for--her niece, the novice Thomasine--she is murdered.
language: English
title: The Novice's Tale
titlecomplete: The Novice's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #1)
genres: Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Medieval, Crime
ratings_count: 3971
series: Sister Frevisse
publisher: Berkley