Valley of Dry Bones (Medieval Mysteries)
It wouldn’t be a religious pilgrimage without a murder—at least not in one of Royal’s authentically wrought medieval mysteries. Tensions simmer within and without the walls of Tyndal Priory as Prioress Eleanor and her assistants await the arrival of the royal scouting party designated to approve the convent’s accommodations in advance of the arrival of the queen and her esteemed companions. When Baron Otes, a crafty extortionist with a store of personal secrets he has every intention of cashing in on, is murdered, suspects abound. It is up to Prioress Eleanor, Brother Thomas, and Crowner Ralf to sift through the evidence in order to unravel a crime of passion before more violence is wrought. What makes this series—this is the seventh entry—tick are the recurring subplots involving Eleanor, Thomas, and Ralf that run through all the narratives, binding the characters and their intimate stories together into an intriguing subtext. --Margaret Flanagan--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.